Two cars with cigarettes smuggled from Latvia were detained in Lithuania.
The employees of the criminal service of the Lithuanian customs stopped two cars with illegal cigarettes transported from Latvia in Kadinski district.
Two Volkswagen Passats were discovered when customs officers patrolled the A8 motorway and stopped them for inspection.
The interior and trunk of both cars were completely filled with Winston Blue and Marlboro cigarettes without tax stamps. A total of 239,000 cigarettes (11,950 packs) were found. Their cost, including taxes, exceeds 60,000 euros.
The two drivers did not hide the fact that they were transporting cigarettes from Latvia for sale.
Customs officials suspect that the cigarettes could have been produced in an underground factory in Latvia.