8m illegal cigarettes seized at Riga port

Latvian customs officers have seized a haul of around 8 million illegal cigarettes while checking a container cargo at the Freeport of Riga this month, the tax authority informed on Monday.

The confiscation of the contraband cigarettes prevented a loss of more than a million euros to the Latvian government budget, according to the State Revenue Service's estimate.

The Latvian Tax and Customs Police have opened a criminal investigation into the smuggling case.