Under Efremov couple fined almost 1.1 million for unmarked tobacco

In Efremov, Tula region, the court sentenced a couple who were accused of illegal trafficking in tobacco products. According to the Prosecutor’s Office of the region, the defendants were local residents 48 and 53 years old.

According to the investigation, from July to November 2024, an individual entrepreneur together with her husband bought more than 1.6 thousand packs of cigarettes from other persons without special excise stamps. Products that are subject to mandatory labeling, they kept in a rented trading room, then sell.

Illegal activities were stopped by law enforcement officers. The cost of seized nicotine products exceeded 200 thousand rubles.

The court found the couple guilty under paragraph "a" of part 6 of article 171.1 of the criminal code - possession of unmarked tobacco products by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. Taking into account the position of the state prosecutor, they were fined: 490 thousand rubles and 590 thousand rubles.

Earlier, “MK in Tula” reported that the Don city court fined a local entrepreneur 300,000 rubles for trying to bribe a police officer. The man wanted to evade responsibility for the sale and possession of unmarked cigarettes.