Thursday, 27 October 2011

Cigarettes capture at the border


Romanian Border Police officers within Caras Severin Border Police County Inspectorate detected a Romanian citizen carrying 7,000 packages of smuggled cigarettes.
On 25.10.2011, starting with 14.00 hours, based on data and information of Naidas Border Police Sector, Border Police officers initiated a specific action in the filed of countering cigarettes smuggling.
At about 18.45 hours, with the help of video surveillance system was detected a mean of transportation close to border line, its presence there not being justified.
The Border Police patrol within that area was informed and at about 200 meters away from Rusova Noua, the vehicle was intercepted on an agricultural road.
The Ford Mondeo vehicle was inspected. Due to the fact that inside were detected several big boxes, an operational team was requested, finding inside a big number of packages of cigarettes: 4,500 packages of FAST cigarettes, Serbian made and 2,500 packages of MARBLE cigarettes, with no stamps.
Prior acts of criminal investigation in terms of the offense of smuggling and fiscal evasion were drawn by Border Police officers.
The amount of cigarettes, valuing about 70,000 LEI, was seized by Border Police officers.
The Ford Mondeo vehicle, valuing about 12,000 LEI, was seized also on the premises of Caras Severin Border Police County Inspectorate up to the finalization of the investigations.

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