In a case related to the illegal production of cigarettes, the court arrested the head of a company affiliated with an under-sanctioned smuggler.
BEB detectives detained the director of the company, who is suspected of particularly large tax evasion, official forgery, forgery of excise tax stamps, illegal manufacture and sale of excise goods. The man was wanted for a year and a half. Currently, the court has chosen a preventive measure in the form of arrest for him.
Earlier, BEB detectives established that the company, which has a license for the official production of tobacco products, together with controlled companies illegally produced and sold cigarettes with fake excise tax stamps.
During the investigation, detectives seized more than 1.2 million packs of tobacco products with a market value of UAH 70 million. According to experts, counterfeit cigarettes were produced on the same lines that produced official products.
Also, during the searches, almost 20 tons of tobacco raw materials, equipment for the industrial production of tobacco products, 2 lines for their packaging, etc., were seized. The seized lines were seized by the court, but it was later lifted because the property was leased and the ultimate owner was a controlled enterprise.
