Today it became known that the Nova Poshta delivery service was at the center of a scandal due to its involvement in the transportation of illegal cigarettes. The main unit of detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security (BEB) together with territorial units are conducting a large-scale operation aimed at stopping the illegal manufacture of tobacco products in Ukraine.
The BEB conducts 24 simultaneous searches at the factories and warehouses of four cigarette manufacturers who are suspected of illegally manufacturing tobacco products. In particular, in the production of Form 2 cigarettes and their subsequent sale in Ukraine and EU countries.
During the searches, detectives have already discovered production lines and more than 1 million packs of cigarettes "Marshal", "URTA", "BRUT", "BL", "Marvel", "Compliment", etc. without excise tax stamps. Approximately 18 tons of tobacco were also discovered.
In addition, it was previously established that the majority of shipments of illegally produced tobacco products were carried out by the well-known Nova Poshta delivery service.
A large number of cigarettes without excise tax stamps were found at one of its branches.
Searches at factories are ongoing. Criminologists and the State Tax Service are involved in relevant inspections and investigations.
