Border guards inspected a Kia Optima passenger car traveling toward Germany on the A4 motorway. “In the vehicle, on the back seat and in the trunk, officers found 9,130 packs of cigarettes (182,600 individual cigarettes) from well-known brands without Polish excise tax markings,” says Maj. SG Joanna Konieczniak, press spokesperson for the Nadodrzański Border Guard Unit. “The packages had German-language labels and had been prepared for sale specifically in Germany.
The value of the contraband was estimated at nearly PLN 129,000. The driver, a 35-year-old resident of the Masovian Voivodeship, was detained and has already been charged. He could face up to three years in prison.
The proceedings in this case are being conducted under the supervision of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Legnica.