Saratov customs officers found in the truck more than 122 thousand packs of cigarettes without excise stamps

Batch of 122.8 thousand packs of cigarettes without excise stamps were found in Saratov region customs officers in the car, going to Russia from Kazakhstan. The vehicle detained during the joint testing activities of the Saratov customs and border Department of the FSB of Russia in the Saratov and Samara areas.

According to shipping documents, the car had to be transported bags of salt. Under a layer of such bags, the customs officers found blocks benactyzine cigarettes Russian, Kazakh, Ukrainian and Uzbek production brands LM, Davidoff, West, Camel, Bond, LD, Kent, Parliament. Documents on tobacco, the carrier absent.

According to preliminary estimates, the amount of evasion of excise duty at import of this party has exceeded 6 million roubles. Criminal case concerning an administrative offense under article 16.3 of the administrative code (violation of the prohibitions and restrictions on the import of goods in Russia).