On Sunday the 20th August, 2017 the State Border Guard's officials detected 43 offenders at external borders and within the country.

 On Friday, August 11, border guards detected two cases of illegal movement of excise goods and in total seized 210 000 smuggled cigarettes.

On Tuesday, August 8, a man, born in 1982, was detained for the smuggling of tobacco products and 50 000 cigarettes were seized in Livani.

 On Sunday, August 5, in Krāslava Municipality 210 000 smuggled cigarettes were seized and a man, born in 1963, was detained in connection with smuggling.

 On Wednesday, the 5th July, 2017, the Chief of the State Border Guard, General Normunds Garbars, meets the First Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Security Service the Head of the Border Guard Service, Army General Vladimir Kulishov.

On Monday, July 3, as a result of operational measures 59 600 smuggled cigarettes were seized in the Daugavpils district and a man, born in 1971, was detained in connection with cigarette smuggling.