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Bulgarian police seize contraband cigarettes worth 1.5 million leva

Thu, Jul 23 2009 13:31 CET byRene Beekman 1068 Views
Bulgarian police seize contraband cigarettes worth 1.5 million leva

In this 2005 archive photo, masked Bulgarian police stand guard next to 1479 carton boxes of fake cigarettes, before they are burnt in a blast-furnace near the town of Devnia, about 450km northeast of Sofia.

Bulgarian police confiscated contraband cigarettes without excise stamps in the south-eastern Bulgarian village of Blatets, said to be worth 1.5 million leva.

In a building, owned by a 69-year-old man from the village, police found 4790 stacks of cigarettes, mediapool.bg quoted regional police as saying.

The confiscated cigarettes included brands GB, Sin Ling, Regal King Size, Maiwand and Palace, and were thought to have been produced in Russia.

According to police, the cigarettes were meant for the local market.

Four people from the Sliven region were thought to have been involved in the operation.

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