From Russia with Nicotine: 26,390,000 illegal cigarettes seized by Latvia

Editor’s Note: Cross-posted from the Contraband Cigarette Enforcement Forum.

From: The Baltic Course

Conducting physical control of rail cargos, customs officers of the State Revenue Service (VID) at Rezekne customs checkpoint, eastern Latvia, seized 26,390,000 illegal cigarettes, VID reported.


The train with contraband cigarettes arrived in Latvia from Russia.

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The customs officers seized 2,139 boxes with Fest cigarettes and 500 boxes with NZ Gold cigarettes with Belarus excise labels. In total the customs officers seized 26,390,000 cigarettes.

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