Smugglers carrying cigarettes using drones were detained in Volyn

Police found the UAV launch site, a remote control for launching the device, batteries, two quadcopters with parachutes and 72 cartons of cigarettes.

In Volyn, a group of smugglers was exposed moving cigarettes across the border by drone. This was reported by the press service of the National Police of Ukraine on Tuesday, February 20.

It was reported that a resident of the region organized a criminal group and attracted accomplices with various functional responsibilities.

“Some of the defendants assembled and serviced the drones, others chose safe places to launch them and ensured the delivery of cigarette blocks. The cost of one UAV is $6,000. In one flight, the drone was supposed to carry 25 blocks of counterfeit cigarettes abroad, drop them off and return. One” flight “lasted about 45 minutes,” the report said.

The police found a UAV launch site, a remote control for launching the device, batteries, two quadcopters with parachutes and 72 cartons of cigarettes, and in total almost 2,000 packs of cigarettes and seven drones seized in this criminal case.

The issue of confiscation of confiscated properties is being resolved.

We remind you that on February 9 it was reported that in Bukovina the SBI exposed the smuggling of cigarettes brought to Europe in fuel tanks. SBI officers, with the help of the leadership of the State Customs Service, exposed and stopped an illegal scheme for smuggling cigarettes from Ukraine to Romania, which has been operating since July 2023. This is the second truck since the beginning of the month, and on February 16, a third truck with smuggled cigarettes was stopped at the border for a month.

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