From: The Baltic Course
In 2010, Lithuanian border guards intercepted by 6% more smuggled cigarettes than in 2010. The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) statistics reveals that the flows of tobacco smuggling from Belarus have grown, whereas, smuggling from Russia has declined.
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In 2011, the officials intercepted about 2.2 million packets of contraband cigarettes, which is by 6% more compared on a year-on-year basis, writes LETA/ELTA.
Tobacco products are the most popular smuggling item as last year 87.4% of smuggling attempts prevented by the VSAT were related to cigarette contraband.
Most of the prevented attempts to smuggle were at the border with Belarus (328 attempts), followed by Russia (123 attempts, a rather large decrease since 2010) and inside the country (123 attempts).
