Detectives of the Territorial Department ESBU in Zakarpattia region served a notice of suspicion to a person involved in criminal proceedings for illegal sale of hookah tobacco and e-cigarettes including those with excise stamps of the russian federation. The case was sent to court.

A resident of Mukachevo district was buying illegally manufactured tobacco products (hookah tobacco and e-cigarettes) without Ukrainian excise stamps on the Internet. The man who did not officially conduct business, rented premises in Mukachevo where he stored and sold hookah tobacco and e-cigarettes including to establishments providing hookah smoking services.

Law enforcement officers detected and stopped the illegal activity. Following the searches of the premises where the illegal activity was carried out, the detectives of the ESBU found and seized hookah tobacco and electronic tobacco smoking devices. During the searches it was found that one part of the goods did not have any excise tax stamps while the other contained excise tax stamps of the russian federation. The estimated value of the seized products is UAH 1.6 million.