Customs officers in Bulgaria seize nine million smuggled cigarettes near Marikostinovo village. Officers stopped a Bulgarian-plated truck coming from Greece during a road check.
Documents claimed household goods, but an X-ray scan revealed only cigarettes inside.
Thirty-two pallets held unstamped cigarettes worth nearly two million euros altogether. A fifty-nine-year-old Bulgarian driver was detained as a suspect in the case.
Blagoevgrad regional prosecutors are continuing the investigation through their Petrich branch office. Authorities say the seizure highlights ongoing efforts against large-scale tobacco smuggling networks.