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Young woman caught smuggling cigarettes, intended to fly to London


https://www.ipn.md/en/young-woman-caught-smuggling-cigarettes-intended-to-fly-to-london-7967_1100244.html

Customs officers caught a young woman with a bag full of cigarettes at the Chisinau International Airport on Saturday morning. She intended to board the Chisinau-London flight, IPN reports.

The Customs Service said the 28-year-old woman has dual nationality, of the Republic of Moldova and of Romania.

As a result of a check, customs officers together with border guards found 170 packs of cigarettes in the baggage, which the woman didn’t declare.

The cigarettes were seized. The woman faces a penalty for contravention.