Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Chernivtsi region together with officers of the 31st Border Guard Detachment named after General-Corporal Oleksandr Pilkevych of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine prevented the illegal export of contraband cigarettes to Romania.

Law enforcement officers detected two people who were trying to illegally smuggle about 10 thousand packs of cigarettes without excise stamps of Ukraine.

Detectives of the Chernivtsi region seized the goods with an estimated value of almost UAH 800 thousand.

The full range of persons involved in the illegal activity is being established.