Wednesday, September 12, 2007

ILLEGAL MARLBORO FACTORY UNCOVERED IN SOUTHERN BOSNIA

GRUDE, Bosnia (September 12,2007) - During a large-scale operation in the area of the southern Bosnian town of Grude, officers of the Bosnian State Indirect Taxation Office (ITA), the Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) and the Herzegovina-Neretva Ministry of Interior busted an organised criminal group which was producing and selling fake Marlboro cigarettes.

The operation was conducted at three locations in the Grude area. An illegal cigarette production factory was uncovered in Drinovci.

ITA Spokesperson Ratko Kovacevic confirmed that reports will be filed with the Bosnian Prosecution against several persons.

Investigators also found more than 15,000 boxes of fake cigarettes on a truck hidden along Ljubuski-Grude road.

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