Almost half a million pieces of contraband cigarettes seized at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint

Almost half a million pieces of contraband cigarettes have been found by customs officers at the Kapitan Andreevo customs checkpoint, the press office of the National Customs Agency (NCA) announced.
Last night customs officers at the checkpoint selected for a check under the risk analysis method a Mercedes truck with German registration, travelling from Turkey to Germany. The driver was a 41-year-old Armenian national with initials P.G., with address registration in Germany. Authorities detected some discrepancies in the internal and external size of the vehicle. During a thorough check, customs officers found that the walls of the truck had double insulation. In the double walls and ceiling there were contraband cigarettes. Customs officers found 23,900 boxes or 478,000 pieces of cigarettes. All the cigarettes were with Armenian cigarettes without excise stamps.