{"id":6991,"date":"2026-11-05T15:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T13:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/05\/smuggling-worth-a-million-a-shipment-of-more-than-2600-e-cigarettes-was-seized-at-the-luzhanka-checkpoint\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:55:27","slug":"smuggling-worth-a-million-a-shipment-of-more-than-2600-e-cigarettes-was-seized-at-the-luzhanka-checkpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/smuggling-worth-a-million-a-shipment-of-more-than-2600-e-cigarettes-was-seized-at-the-luzhanka-checkpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Smuggling Worth a Million: A shipment of more than 2,600 e-cigarettes was seized at the &#8220;Luzhanka&#8221; checkpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Ukrainian man attempted to smuggle 261 boxes of Chinese &#8220;disposable&#8221; items from Hungary, disguising them as personal belongings in the trunk of a Mercedes. The case has been referred to the State Bureau of Investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the \u201cLuzhanka\u201d international border crossing on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, servicemen from the Mukachevo Border Guard Detachment, together with customs officials, disrupted an illegal channel for importing excise-taxable goods.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During an inspection of a passenger car, a large shipment of undeclared e-cigarettes was discovered, with an estimated market value of nearly one million hryvnias.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Details of the bust at the border crossing<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Mercedes driven by a Ukrainian citizen pulled into the \u201cEntry into Ukraine\u201d lane at the border crossing point:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In-depth inspection:<\/strong> Based on a risk assessment, the vehicle was directed to a special area for a detailed inspection;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scale of the discovery:<\/strong> Among the driver\u2019s travel bags and personal belongings, inspectors found <strong>261 boxes<\/strong> of Chinese-made e-cigarettes of various brands;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Quantity of goods:<\/strong> A total <strong>of 2,610<\/strong> smoking devices were seized; they were being transported without paying customs duties and without being declared.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Referral of the Case to the Economic Security Bureau<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the driver\u2019s actions appear to involve smuggling and the illegal trafficking of excise goods, border guards officially filed a report of an offense under <strong>Article 204 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong> (illegal manufacture, storage, sale, or transportation for the purpose of selling excise goods) with the Territorial Office of the Economic Security Bureau in Zakarpattia Oblast.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All undeclared cargo was seized. Detectives from the Economic Security Bureau will determine the origin of the goods and the final recipients of the shipment.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dpsu.gov.ua\/uk\/zahidne-regionalne-upravlinnya\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dpsu.gov.ua\/uk\/zahidne-regionalne-upravlinnya\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Western Regional Directorate of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine \u2014 Western Border \/ Mukachevo Border Guard Detachment.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"947\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-id=\"6479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/890378365_17916849873540887_6282749273209498515_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/890378365_17916849873540887_6282749273209498515_n.webp 960w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/890378365_17916849873540887_6282749273209498515_n-300x296.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/890378365_17916849873540887_6282749273209498515_n-767x757.webp 767w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1010\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"6482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/889970465_17916849849540887_5018191357550071189_n-1024x1010.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/889970465_17916849849540887_5018191357550071189_n-1024x1010.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/889970465_17916849849540887_5018191357550071189_n-300x296.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/889970465_17916849849540887_5018191357550071189_n-767x757.webp 767w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/889970465_17916849849540887_5018191357550071189_n.webp 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1011\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"6481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888941405_17916849825540887_7165728744219750417_n-1024x1011.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888941405_17916849825540887_7165728744219750417_n-1024x1011.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888941405_17916849825540887_7165728744219750417_n-300x296.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888941405_17916849825540887_7165728744219750417_n-767x757.webp 767w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888941405_17916849825540887_7165728744219750417_n.webp 1062w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1010\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"6480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888058159_17916849897540887_3360092380968388219_n-1024x1010.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888058159_17916849897540887_3360092380968388219_n-1024x1010.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888058159_17916849897540887_3360092380968388219_n-768x757.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888058159_17916849897540887_3360092380968388219_n-300x296.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888058159_17916849897540887_3360092380968388219_n-1536x1515.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/888058159_17916849897540887_3360092380968388219_n.webp 1600w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ukrainian man attempted to smuggle 261 boxes of Chinese &#8220;disposable&#8221; items from Hungary, disguising them as personal belongings in the trunk of a Mercedes. The case has been referred to the State Bureau of Investigation. 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