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An entrepreneur from Achinsk will go to court for selling unlabeled cigarettes


December 2 13:44

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Achinsk City Court will consider the case of a local entrepreneur who sold unlabeled tobacco products, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office reported.

In the spring of 2024, the 52-year-old defendant learned from friends about favorable prices for cigarettes in one of the city warehouses. Later on social networks he saw aboutadvertisements for sale cigarettes boxes, contacted the seller And orderl two boxes for myself. TThe goods arrived through a transport company.

“I liked the cigarettes, my friends asked me to order them too. In June 2024ode he had already received a few boxes, and then began purchasing different brands for resale, seeing demand and a small profit. The seller assured that the products were legal, corresponded to the labeling, were tested by Chestny ZNAK, had holograms and excise numbers, and the low price was due to “warehouse liquidation.” The accused checked the packs in the application and did not notice the catch, continuing operations until October 2024ode,” the supervisory agency clarified.

During operational activities, law enforcement officers seized from the man more than 22 thousand packs of famous Russian and foreign brands worth more RUB 2.8 millionlei. A criminal case was opened regarding this fact. acquisition, storage, transportation and sale of unlabeled tobacco products in especially large quantities (clause “b”, part 6, article 171.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). To the accused faces up to 6 years in prison.

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