A detectives of the Territorial Department of the Security Intelligence Service in the Lviv region, as a result of an urgent search of the warehouse, discovered and seized electronic cigarettes of a well- known brand in the amount of more than 47,000 pieces without excise tax stamps. The estimated value of the seized batch is more than UAH 15 million. Losses to the state budget from non-payment of mandatory customs payments amount to over UAH 3 million.

The mentioned excise goods belong to a group of persons who brought them to the customs territory of Ukraine without going through customs clearance procedures. Electronic cigarettes were stored in the warehouse and in the future they were planned to be sold via the Internet and a chain of stores to the end consumer.

Pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on the grounds of a criminal violation provided for in part 1 of Article 199 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and Part 1 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is carried out by the detectives of Territorial administration of Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine in the Lviv region under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Lviv regional prosecutor's office and operational support of ESBU employees.

We will remind you that recently ESBU employees informed about the suspicion of a citizen who in collusion with Transcarpathian customs officials, illegally imported equipment worth UAH 100 million into Ukraine.

More details: https://esbu.gov.ua/news/beb-povidomylo-pro-pidozru-hromadianynu-iakyi-za-zmovoiu-iz- zakarpatskymy-mytnykamy-nezakonno-zaviz-tekhniku-na-100-mln-hrn