Factory raided for illegal cigarette production

  • 2010-04-02
  • TBT Staff

VILNIUS -- Police have raided a factory in Lithuania that was illegally producing cigarettes.

Though the factory appeared legitimate, police found that it was producing trademarked cigarette brands illegally.

Police said the factory employed six workers who created thousands of boxes of cigarettes under the brands of West, Viceroy and Jin Ling. They were marked with Russian tax stamps.