The Saint Petersburg customs in Russia have discovered 1.1 million packs of counterfeit foreign cigarettes in a warehouse without the payment of consumption tax.
Tobacco products from brands such as Winston, Kent, Marlboro, Dove, Cavallo, Milano, Keno, NZ, and Minsk were confiscated. These products were estimated to be worth 150 million rubles (approximately 14.4 million yuan) in the Russian market.
The products that have been examined are undergoing further testing, while Russian authorities are currently investigating the criminal case.
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