A criminal group smuggled alcoholic beverages from Bulgaria to Greece
Twelve people have been arrested in five different parts of Greece, members of a criminal organization that illegally imported pure alcohol and alcoholic beverages from Bulgaria and placed them on the domestic market, and it is estimated that the profit from tax evasion is over 12 euros, MIA reports. from Athens.
Greek police say 26.580 ethyl alcohol, 3.396 bottles of alcoholic beverages, 10.000 counterfeit labels, eight vehicles, a tractor with a trailer and more than two kilograms of heroin were seized.
- The members of the organization, at least since the beginning of the year, illegally imported ethyl alcohol from Bulgaria for the preparation of alcoholic beverages, as well as packaged beverages, on which they replaced the labels with Greek and sold them on the domestic market, without paying duties and taxes, receiving huge economic benefits, Greek police say.
They explain that in order to avoid their detection, the members of the criminal organization followed a specific methodology of action.
Initially, specially adapted trucks transported the smuggled quantities to a warehouse in Serres, from where they were transported to warehouses of a legal company in Larissa, where they removed the labels and affixed them with the labels of branded companies, and then drank alcohol in bottles. retail, while smuggled ethyl alcohol was transported to various parts of Greece through transport companies.
The detainees, who were brought before a public prosecutor, are charged with forming a criminal organization, falsifying and violating the Customs Code and trademark laws, and the drugs found.
At the same time, the police are looking for four more people, also members of the organization.
Source: MIA