Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Lviv region exposed a local businessman who illegally sold cigarettes and alcoholic beverages with signs of counterfeiting. Currently the illegal trade has been stopped and the counterfeit product has been removed.

The investigation established that the Lviv businessman organized the sale of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages with forged excise tax stamps. Employees of the Territorial Department conducted a search of the suspect's car his apartment and the store where counterfeit goods were sold.

Almost 80,000 packs of cigarettes with an estimated value of UAH 4 million, 660 liters of alcohol and more than a hundred bottles of vodka with a total value of almost UAH 100,000 were seized.

The investigation is ongoing the full circle of persons involved in the illegal sale is being established.

The pre-trial investigation under Part 1 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is carried out by the detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Lviv region, the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office is in charge of the process.

Remind according to the materials of the detectives of the Territorial Department of the ESBU in Volyn region the court sentenced a resident of Lutsk who illegally manufactured alcoholic beverages.