On Saturday, January 4, in Krāslava Municipality, border guards stopped the illegal movement of tobacco products.
While performing their official duties, border guards of the Daugavpils Board of the State Border Guard detected an unmanned aircraft (drone) in Piedruja Municipality, in the borderland, and during an inspection of the territory, they found a box with contraband cigarettes wrapped in black polyethylene film near the drone.
In total, border guards seized 10 000 "NZ Gold" cigarettes with Belarusian excise stamps.
Criminal proceedings were initiated under Section 190(1) of the Criminal Law (contraband committed on a significant scale). Border guards also seized an unmanned aircraft within the framework of the criminal proceedings.