Detectives of the Territorial Office of the Economic Security Bureau in the Chernivtsi region referred proceedings to the court on transporting illegally manufactured tobacco products across the state border.

The investigation established that a resident of the Chernivtsi region tried to transport cigarettes without excise tax stamps to Romania. He hid the counterfeit in a truck.

Detectives of the Territorial Office seized almost 2,000 packs of tobacco products without excise tax stamps with an estimated value of 200,000 UAH.

Currently, the materials of the criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal manufacture, storage, sale, or transportation for sale of excise goods) was referred to the court.

The suspect faces a fine with confiscation and destruction of illegally manufactured goods.

The pre-trial investigation was carried out by detectives of the Territorial Office of the ESBU in Chernivtsi region. Procedural management - prosecutors of the Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor's Office.