Customs find: 60,300 cigarettes caught in the Bulgarian minibus!

Customs find: 60,300 cigarettes caught in the Bulgarian minibus!

In a suspected cigarette smuggling campaign, a Bulgarian minibus was stopped on the A4 motorway near Bruck an4 on the A4 motorway near Bruck on the A4 motorway, in which customs officers discovered 60,300 cigarettes. The driver and his passenger, both 24 years old, initially claimed to carry only eight rods tobacco, but the control revealed the entire extent of the smuggling: 301.5 rods cigarettes with a total value of 16,697 euros were hidden in cardboard packaging of baked goods that had previously been opened and glued back. This striking method to transport the illegal goods shows the audacity of the perpetrators who had intended for sale to acquaintances in the Netherlands, such as BVZ.AT reported.

Since the cigarettes came from Bulgaria, considerable taxes of EUR 10,612 were due for transport to Austria, which were now evaded. This could not only bring in the suspects of the confiscation of the confiscated cigarettes, but also a fine to the double of the raised tax amounts. Finance Minister Gunter Mayr praised the customs officers for their preventive measures against illegal tobacco smuggling: "We are determined to protect our society not only from financial losses, but also from health risks," he said. The Engagement of the customs authorities has once again proven that the fight against the smuggling of tobacco products has a top priority, as can be read on ots.at is.