CONTAINER WITH SMUGGLED CIGARETTES TRACKED DOWN TO SPLIT

ZAGREB, Feb 1 (Hina) - Customs officials yesterday intercepted a shipment of smuggled Marlboro cigarettes. The officers seized the whole cargo, complete with the incriminated container and the truck used to ship it from the railway station in Rijeka to Split, Customs Office said in a statement. The statement added that the smugglers had also been arrested. The container crossed the Croatian border with fake documentation purporting it contained building material. The fraud was not immediately discovered but the suspicions of customs officials were aroused and they finally tracked the container to Split. Instead of reporting to the customs office in Split as per instructions, the container made for the Split suburbs, where it was promptly discovered by customs officials ably assisted by local police. A thorough search of the container revealed a cargo of cigarettes worth about a million kuna on the black market, the Customs office specified. (hina) jn as 011551 MET feb 96