74,000 Smuggled Cigarette Packs Seized at Taybad Border

Mashhad – The commander of border guards in Razavi Khorasan province announced the seizure of 74,000 smuggled cigarette packs from a trailer truck entering the country at the Taybad border.

Mashhad - Khorasan Province Border Guard Commander Razavi announced the discovery of 74,000 smuggled cigarettes from a truck while entering the country at the Taibad border.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Sardar Majid Shoja said: In line with the nationwide plan to fight against smuggling of goods and currency and prevent the entry and exit of smuggled goods from the country, border guards of Taibad border regiment succeeded in discovering smuggled cigarettes while controlling transit vehicles in the entry lane.

Border Guard Commander of Khorasan Province, Razavi added: border guards of Dogharon border control and surveillance post, while controlling and inspecting transit vehicles in the entry lane, during an inspection of a trailer vehicle, managed to discover 370 boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth 6 billion and 252 million rials.

He continued: After the car was impounded, the defendant and the discovered goods were handed over to the competent authorities for legal procedures.