On weekend, the border policemen countered a case of smuggling cigarettes across the river Prut in the area of responsibility of Border Police Sector Lipcani.
Thus, on the direction of Pererata - Cotul Miculeti during the state border surveillance, the mobile patrol observed with equipment for night vision, the silhouettes of two persons who were heading to the river Prut. They were carrying on their spine bulky packages like parcels of transportation of contraband cigarettes.
The border policemen proceeded to summon by the voice of those concerned, the mment when the persons abandoned the parcels and fled to the village Pererata. Because the surroundings represent a rugged slope, covered with bushes and trees mostly, the respective persons had an opportunity to hide. At the site were discovered 12,500 cigarettes, of brand Plugarul, with excise stamps of the Republic of Moldova, which were raised to confiscation.
Currently, the border policemen continue all necessary investigations to identify persons and attract them to responsibility.