The militants seized the smuggled cigarettes in the amount of $615,000 in the Luhansk People’s Republic, although the cigarettes were produced in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The press service of the Ministry of State Security of LNR reported this.
According to the report, the smuggled cigarettes produced in DNR have been sold in the Russian Federation and partially on the territories of the Luhansk People’s Republic.
The officers spotted and seized 1,679 boxes of cigarettes and four cars during the search. The militants seized the goods during the attempt of transit of cigarettes. The total amount of goods is $614,571.
Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine commented on the situation with Russian rockets found in one of the ports in Odesa region.
The rockets belonged to the JSC Rosoboronexport, the sole state intermediary agency for Russia's exports/imports of defense-related and dual-use products, technologies and services.
The military cargo has not been stored in accordance with its name, but only with the number of containers and estimated weight.