Lublin KAS revealed in Terespol 428 packs of cigarettes without Polish taxation marks and 1219.2 g of innovative products during 2 night checks from 28 to 30 July 2026. The goods were found in the passenger luggage and air filter of the coach. This is further evidence that the border must be guarded by the method and experience of the officers.
Two nights, 2 disclosures.
The Lublin National taxation Administration reported that Customs and taxation Service officers from the Road Customs Branch in Terespol detained illegal tobacco products during 2 consecutive night services. According to the Lublin Customs and taxation Office (https://www.lubelskie.kas.gov.pl/lubelski-custom-tax-in-white/sublease/news/updates/%3A%2F%2Fwww.lielskie.kas.gov.pl%2Flubelski-scannery-rtg-in-white-sublease%3Fp_id%3D101_INSTANCE_JF6r%26p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%2p_mode%3Dview%3Dview%3Din_p_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_back_
The first case occurred at night from 28 to 29 July 2026. Officers controlled bus passengers and their luggage. The RTG scanner indicated the contents of a suitcase belonging to a Belarusian citizen: 349 packs of cigarettes of different brands with Belarusian excise marks, or 6980 pieces.
Another inspection took place on the night of 29 by 30 July. This time the full bus was sent to X-ray. A large-sized X-ray scanner showed an anomaly, and a detailed revision led officers to a box in the air filter in the engine chamber. 79 packs of cigarettes, 1580 pieces, and 1219.2 g of innovative products, were found there. The car driver was a Belarusian citizen.
The border with Belarus is simply a regular state test
Tax penalties have been initiated against both men. Traveler claimed he didn't know about the cigarettes in the luggage due to the fact that he was expected to leave the suitcase at the hotel where individual was expected to pack the goods. The driver of the second coach refused to explain. This will find the procedure, but for the Polish state the most crucial is the simple conclusion: the border cannot work on trust and declarations.
Terespol has for years been 1 of the places where the east border shows its applicable significance. This is not an abstract line on the map. It's a tax, customs and safety checkpoint. erstwhile the state operates smoothly, it stops contraband, protects legitimate trade and budget revenue. erstwhile he lets go, they pay honest entrepreneurs and taxpayers.
Therefore, it is worth recalling the broader context restrictions at border crossing points with Belarus. The force from the east has different faces: from political and migration activities to insignificant but persistent smuggling. Each case looks local. Together, they make a image of a state that must hold its nerves and procedures.
The limits are clear and the scale of exceeding large
KAS recalled that travellers over 17 years of age erstwhile crossing the border by land transport can bring 40 cigarettes, or 2 packages, or 20 cigars, 10 cigars or 50 g smoking tobacco. The standards can only be combined to 100 percent of the limit. Higher limits apply only erstwhile travelling by air or sea, so they do not apply to coaches at the border with Belarus.
In this light, 349 packs of cigarettes in 1 suitcase is no tourist mistake. This is more than 170 times the limit of land indicated by the KAS. The second case was even more meaningful due to the fact that the goods were hidden in the method component of the vehicle. This is the method, not the case.
In border matters, effectiveness is not taken from press conferences, but from the regular of officers, equipment and readiness for laborious control. Earlier, the KAS had shown that it could besides halt another attempts at illegal entry, as illustrated by the material on how an illegal entry of the tooth of the sperm and protected shells has been stopped.
Sovereignty begins with control
Illegal tobacco products were seized as evidence in the proceedings. This is crucial not only for the KAS statistics. Smuggling means real losses for the State Treasury and hitting companies that operate legally, pay taxes and compete without circumventing the law.
The Polish external border of the European Union is, above all, the Polish border. Brussels can compose strategies, but the Polish officer stands by the coach, looks at the image from the scanner and decides whether to check the air filter. The sovereignty of the state begins right there: in everyday, ungrateful work, which protects the portfolio of Poles and the seriousness of the law.
Source: Lublin Customs and taxation Office in Biała Podlaski, Kresy.pl.
