The evading duties of the illegal goods, which arrived in Thessaloniki from the airport of Istanbul, with a stopover at the airport “El. Venizelos”, were calculated at 38,500 euros
Seven suitcases they contained 9500 contraband packs of cigarettes were seized by the customs authorities of Thessaloniki’s “Macedonia” airport, arresting three foreign travelers when they went to collect their luggage.
They are citizens of Belarus, Latvia and Russia, who were brought to the Single-Member Criminal Court of Thessaloniki, which sentenced each of them to one year in prison, with a three-year suspension, for the crime of possession of contraband.
The evading duties of the illegal goods, which arrived in Thessaloniki from the airport of Istanbul, with a stopover at the airport “El. Venizelos”, were calculated in 38,500 euros.
In their apologies, only the accused of Belarusian origin admitted to his act, saying that the cigarettes were his and his intention was to sell them in Poland, the country of his destination. He also mentioned that due to the war in Ukraine he could not travel directly from his home country to Poland. “I apologize, I wanted to help my family,” he said.
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