From: LSM.LV | Public broadcasting of Latvia
The State Revenue Service’s Customs Police have busted a major counterfeit cigarette production facility in Babite Region, the Revenue Service’s Director General Ilze Cirule told a press conference May 25.
It is the first time in the Baltic states that the authorities have liquidated such a large-scale underground cigarette plant, said Cirule, with previous victories mainly centering on smuggling efforts rather than production.
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The police found equipment that could make up to 4,000 cigarettes per minute, packaging equipment, and a power generator.
