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At the Kulata border crossing, located on the Bulgarian-Greek border, customs services stopped a refrigerated truck for inspection. According to the accompanying documents, the truck was travelling from Greece to Ukraine and was supposed to be carrying chips. However, during the inspection of the cooling compartment, inspectors discovered illegal contents: 490 large boxes containing nearly 4 million cigarettes without excise stamps.
The vehicle was being driven by a Ukrainian citizen, who was immediately taken into custody.
The Blagoevgrad District Prosecutor's Office formally charged the driver. An expert assessment established that 197,500 packs of cigarettes were hidden in the truck's cargo area. The total value of the seized goods amounted to €756,425.
The court heard the case under an expedited procedure. The court found the Ukrainian man guilty of transporting excisable goods in large quantities. He was sentenced to three years in prison with a suspended sentence. The entire batch of cigarettes and the truck itself were confiscated for the benefit of the state.
Representatives of Bulgarian law enforcement agencies note that this is the third truck with smuggled cigarettes detained at the Kulata crossing in the past two weeks. Previously, attempts were made to smuggle illegal tobacco cargo by disguising it as cornflakes, sweets, and biscuits.
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