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02 November, 2026 / 22:50

/ 31 October, 2022

Man to be investigated for cigarette smuggling

Agenția Informațională de Stat

Chisinau, Oct. 31 /MOLDPRES/- A member of the criminal ring detained in the case on smuggling 3.8 million cigarettes will be investigated.

According to the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS), the accused is the driver of the means of transport who did not declare the batch of cigarettes at the customs control. He is from Vulcănești, is 39 years old and is the youngest of the nine members of the criminal ring, detained this August.

Previously, the accused was placed under house arrest, and the Cahul Court of Appeal rejected the request of the PCCOCS prosecutors to place him under preventive arrest.

The criminal investigation continues on the identified persons, including for the purpose of uncovering other members of the criminal ring.

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