On the evening of February 24, a consignment of contraband cigarettes hidden in a freight train heading from Kryvyi Rih to the Slovak city of Kosice was discovered at the Ukrainian-Slovak border.<\/p>\n
This incident happened at the checkpoint “Pavlov\u00e9-Mativtse”. During customs control, employees of the Transcarpathian Customs, together with border guards, inspected a cargo train transporting iron ore for export to Slovakia, as reported by the Customs Service of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Customs officials drew attention to a suspicious shift in the cargo of one of the wagons. For a detailed inspection, they used metal probes and shovels. As a result, 152 blocks of “Compiment” cigarettes were found under the iron ore pellets, bringing the total to 1,520 packs.<\/p>\n
Tobacco products were found without the excise stamps of Ukraine. For camouflage, they were wrapped in black polyethylene film and hidden beneath a layer of the main cargo.<\/p>\n
Transcarpathian customs sent a notification to the territorial administration of the Bureau of Economic Security about the possible commission of a criminal offense under Article 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
After completing all the necessary procedures, the freight train continued its route to Slovakia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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