On Wednesday night, customs officers stopped two cars with concealed cargo. According to the press service of the State Border Service of Ukraine, 310 packs of cigarettes without excise stamps were found in the specially equipped cavity of the fuel tank of the Daewoo vehicle at the Rava-Ruska checkpoint.

Then, at the checkpoint "Ustilug", in another car, 789 packs of cigarettes were found using a service dog trained to search for tobacco. At the same time, tobacco products were hidden in the double bottom of the car "Citroen".

Both drivers are Ukrainian citizens who were traveling to Poland. In total, border guards seized more than a thousand packs of cigarettes without excise stamps and cars, the press service said..

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the SBU together with customs officers seized a large batch of contraband cigarettes in Odessa. At one of the warehouses law enforcement officers discovered about one hundred thousand packs of cigarettes of various firms, but without excise stamps.