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The Customs in Moldova declared that the cigarettes seized by their Bulgarian counterparts in the Black Sea city of Varna are not contraband, but legal cargo.
The information was reported Tuesday by Darik radio, citing local press and the spokesperson of the Moldavian Customs, who had informed the cigarettes in question have been manufactured by the Moldavian State tobacco company Tutun CTC. The Customs documents have been further verified by the Moldavian Center for Combating Economic Crime and Corruption.
The spokesperson further informs the load had been also checked by Romanian Customs agents, who did not find anything wrong either.
“This has been legal export and the Moldavian Customs have no comment and connection with contraband accusations of Bulgarian authorities," he said.
Surprisingly enough, in the wake of the Minister's words of praise, the Bulgarian daily “Trud” (Labor) published Monday an article, citing the Director of Border Police in Varna, Dimitar Vassilev, saying he did not know anything about contraband, and a ship with contraband cigarettes being at either of the 2 Varna ports, adding he was stunned by Djankov's words.
The cargo in question had been shipped by a company in Moldova with a final destination Egypt.
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