Serbian police arrest man whose car held cigarettes worth 2.85 million dinars
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- Serbian police arrested a 38-year-old Belgrade man suspected of illegally trading excise goods.
- Officers found 9,990 packs of cigarettes and 30,000 hand-rolled cigarettes without excise stamps in his car near Aleksinac.
- Authorities estimated the suspected activity caused about 2.85 million dinars in damage to Serbia’s budget.
Serbian police arrested a 38-year-old man from Belgrade after finding thousands of cigarettes without excise stamps in his car on the highway toward Niš.
The Interior Ministry said officers working with the Tax Police stopped and searched the vehicle near Aleksinac. They seized 9,990 packs of cigarettes and 30,000 hand-rolled cigarettes.
Police suspect the man, identified by his initials as N. P., illegally traded excise goods and caused roughly 2.85 million dinars in damage to Serbia’s budget.
He has been held for up to 48 hours and will be taken to the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Aleksinac with a criminal complaint, the ministry said.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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