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POLICE OFFICERS SEIZED ALMOST A TON OF TOBACCO IN PRESEVO

18. December 2014.

The police found in a jeep, which was parked in the yard of a family house in Presevo, 837 pounds of cut tobacco without the supporting documentation.

It is suspected that the tobacco was smuggled from Kosovo and Metohija and that it was intended for resale.

The police temporarily confiscated the tobacco and the jeep, and shall also file criminal charges against two persons from Presevo for the crime of illicit trafficking, said the police department in Vranje.

In addition, criminal charges will be filed against the owner of a craft shop in Presevo on suspicion of avoiding paying 350,000 dinars of taxes by concealing the sale of cigarettes on December 16, 2014. 

The seizure of tobacco was conducted by Police Department in Vranje, the Security and Information Agency’s center in Vranje, the Gendarmerie and the Tax Administration. 

Source: “Beta” news agency and Coordination Body