In the context of the audits it carries out the Independent Public Revenue Authority for the suppression of the smuggling and trafficking of drugs, weapons, cigarettes and counterfeit products, the Department for the Prosecution of Smuggling of the First Customs of Thessaloniki, proceeded to the seizure of thirty six million one hundred thousand (36,100,000) pieces of smuggled cigarettes, Thestival.gr.
On 13/04/2022, after a risk analysis Smuggling Prosecution Departmentselected for inspection a container with declared goods “wooden cutlery”, for which a request had been submitted for rail transport in Bulgaria and was located in the surrounding area of ​​the Accounting Warehouse.
Initially, a test was performed by the smoking detector dog “HACKER”, which gave evidence of smoking. Subsequently, a sample check was carried out on the remaining cargo, which had arrived by road the previous days and remained inside the Accounting warehouse.
The search led to the discovery of a huge quantity of smuggled cigarettes, which belonged to goods declared as “wooden cutlery” and “safety shoes”, which had arrived by road from Bulgaria, having Greek companies declared as consignors and recipients.
The next day, and with the assistance of the Coordination Business Center (SEC), EL.Y.T. Attica found that Greek companies do not exist in the declared headquarters.
In total, after the completion of the inspections, 36.1 million smuggled cigarettes were found, which were confiscated.
The corresponding duties and taxes amount to a total of 7.32 million euros.
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