Previously convicted: Ivan Pišković indicted for cigarette smuggling

A prosecutor from Department III of the BiH Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against Ivan Pišković, born on May 21, 1973, in Tribistovo, Posušje municipality, residing in Posušje, previously convicted, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, reports the Patria News Agency.

 

According to the indictment, the accused is charged with holding cigarettes without control and tax stamps, in the manner prescribed by the tax legislation of BiH, in a business premises on the ground floor of a private house at the beginning of 2015, with the aim of placing a larger quantity of cigarettes on the market.

During the search, a total of 4,385 cartons of cigarettes and 2,609 packs of cigarettes were found and temporarily confiscated, including various types of Ronhill, York, and Walter Wolf cigarettes, whose price on the illegal market amounts to tens of thousands of KM.

The accused is charged with committing the criminal offense of illegal trade in excise goods. The indictment has been forwarded to the BiH Court, the BiH Prosecutor's Office announced.