At the checkpoint “Uzhgorod”, an Italian lost a “Mercedes” stuffed with cigarettes

Last night, at the border crossing point "Uzhgorod", border guards found a large batch of cigarettes, that a 40-year-old Italian citizen tried to secretly take to his homeland.

During the border and customs control, the border guards noticed that there were caches in a passenger car "Mercedes", which was leaving Ukraine. So, the vehicle was sent for an in-depth inspection, during which the border guards found over 1,500 packs of cigarettes of various brands. The Italian packed almost the whole car with tobacco products. The cigarettes, both with and without Ukrainian excise stamps, were hidden in the constructive cavities of rear wheel guards, four doors, as well as in the front seats of the cabin and along the perimeter of the vehicle bottom.

The exact number and value of cigarettes is currently being establishted. According to the current legislation, the "Mercedes" will also be seized, – the press service of the Chop border guard detachment informed.