In Chernivtsi region, smugglers were detained with shooting. The National Guard military was involved in the operation, but the attackers managed to escape.

This was reported by the press service of the State Emergencies Service.

Border guards of the Krasnoilsk department of the Chernivtsi detachment near the border with Romania found a Mitsubishi Pajero SUV. A group of attackers unloaded packages from the machine once.

Noticing law enforcement officers, unknown persons left the packages with contraband cigarettes and began to flee.

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As a result of the accident, one border guard was injured.

National guardsmen and border guards of the operational-search unit were involved in the pursuit and detention of violators. Law enforcement officers used weapons to stop the SUV. The car stopped, but the smugglers escaped. They are wanted by law enforcement officers.