Minsk Capital MS cigarettes were transported in planks, while the truck was driven by a Belarusian. Lithuanian customs officers and border guards have detained the contraband cargo on Monday, July 12, reports delfi.lt, citing the Customs Service of Lithuania.
A consignment of cigarettes was found in a Scania truck. The driver – a citizen of Belarus – claimed that he was carrying 20.5 tons of wood in transit through Lithuania to Poland. While tapping the cargo, border guards heard a sound characteristic of filled cavities. A detailed inspection revealed caches in the boards in which the cigarettes were transported.
According to preliminary data, the truck may have contained about 560,000 packs of cigarettes worth about 1.94 million euros.
The driver was detained for two days and then released, but his documents were confiscated. He also signed a written undertaking not to leave and paid a cash bail.
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Luka now is so desparate his only income is cigarette smuggling. Lithuania should have burned the lot, then sent the ashes back to Luka.
I could burn them for Lithuania … if they can wait for a few years.
560,000 packs will take you 1500 years, smoking a pack a day. You’ll be one old man by the time you finish them. 😁
I smoke three to four per day on average … cigarettes, not packs. How old will I have to get to smoke them all? 😁
1500 x 4 a day = 7500.😀
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He’s got a nice little scam running izlamodross fake refugees over the border with Lithuania for a fee.
Yeah, and to get to Belarus, they have to go through Russia.
Bad news for Mike, he was probably buying these on the street, lol…
True, foccusser, the Luka regime is involved in all manner of illegal activities to bring hard currency into the country.