About 1,000 master cases of cigarettes without excise stamps have been found in a container in a train traveling between Kulata border checkpoint and the capital Sofia, senior commissary Angel Antonov, director of Criminal Police DG, told FOCUS News Agency.

We received a signal and worked on it together with Customs Agency. We seized such a container for the first time. A Greek firm was used. It might turn out to be a phantom company for transporting pearlite.

The container held a large amount of cigarettes from three different brands, supposedly Greek ones, the police chief added.

The case is under further investigation.