Transcarpathian smugglers lost cigarettes while running from border guards

The border guards of the Mukachevo detachment prevented another attempt to smuggle cigarettes across the Ukrainian-Romanian border.

Yesterday, the border patrol of the department "Tyachiv" detected a group of unknown persons with packages on their shoulders. They were heading towards the neighboring country. Border guards immediately began taking measures to detain the offenders. During the pursuit, they had to make a warning shot in the air, but this did not stop the smugglers. However, the smugglers were forced to leave their goods during the escape. Border guards found 15 packages of cigarettes that the offenders had planned to move to Romania across the river section of the border.

The abandoned cigarettes in amount of over 8,000 packs were delivered to the border guard unit and will soon be handed over to the competent authorities. Currently, measures are being taken to identify the persons involved in smuggling activities.