Lithuania to install X-ray equipment on border with Belarus to scan trains to prevent cigarette smuggling
<p> MINSK, Sep 22 - PrimePress. The Lithuanian Customs Department has signed a contract to implement an X-ray control system for passing trains at the railway checkpoint (BCP) in Kena on the border with Belarus, the Centre for Transport Strategies (Ukraine) reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> The Lithuanian side signed the contract last Friday. Nuctech Warsaw, the winning bidder, is expected to do so in the next few days, said Vitas Volungevicius, a spokesman for the Customs Department. </p> <p> </p> <p> The value of the contract has been preliminary estimated at 4 million euros. </p> <p> </p> <p> It is presumed that the equipment will be mounted and will start operating in Q2 2022. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to Lithuanian Customs, there were 14 seizures of counterfeit cigarettes transported by rail in 2019, 36 in 2020 and 37 in the first half of 2021. The value of smuggled cigarettes seized on railway transport in 2021 is about €4 million. End </p>
2021-09-23
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Lithuania to install X-ray equipment on border with Belarus to scan trains to prevent cigarette smuggling
MINSK, Sep 22 - PrimePress. The Lithuanian Customs Department has signed a contract to implement an X-ray control system for passing trains at the railway checkpoint (BCP) in Kena on the border with Belarus, the Centre for Transport Strategies (Ukraine) reports.
The Lithuanian side signed the contract last Friday. Nuctech Warsaw, the winning bidder, is expected to do so in the next few days, said Vitas Volungevicius, a spokesman for the Customs Department.
The value of the contract has been preliminary estimated at 4 million euros.
It is presumed that the equipment will be mounted and will start operating in Q2 2022.
According to Lithuanian Customs, there were 14 seizures of counterfeit cigarettes transported by rail in 2019, 36 in 2020 and 37 in the first half of 2021. The value of smuggled cigarettes seized on railway transport in 2021 is about €4 million. End