Bulgaria: Fake Cigarettes Seized

Source from:  Tobacco Reporter 03/10/2019

Bulgarian customs agents have seized 5.9 tons of counterfeit cigarettes at a border crossing with Romania, according to a Xinhua News Agency story.

Officials in Sofia were quoted as saying yesterday that the cigarettes were seized at the Danube Bridge checkpoint near Vidin, Bulgaria.

The cigarette Fake Cigarettes , which were said to have carried the brand logo of a popular [but unnamed] English cigarette brand, were found in a truck traveling to western Europe, the National Customs Agency (NCA) said in a press note. The trademark owner had been notified.

The shipment was declared only as cardboard, the NCA said.

Bulgaria is a favorite transit country for those involved in illegal trade.Last year, the NCA seized 51.2 million cigarettes and 5.4 tons of tobacco, along with other non-tobacco-related goods.  Enditem