Ukrainian customs officers and frontier guards have seized a large shipment of illegally trafficked cigarettes at the border station of Tissa.

288 cases of cigarettes Priluki worth of UAH 266,000 (€ 35,000) were discovered in a hiding place in a Volvo lorry, all carrying Ukrainian banderoles. The batch had been shipped to a Hungarian company. This is the largest shipment of smuggled tobacco products seized at the Ukrainian border since the beginning of the year, the state customs agency reports. (vt)