The Gaoua Gendarmerie Research Brigade incinerated 5,733 cartons of counterfeit cigarettes of various brands on Saturday March 30, 2024, noted the AIB.
In total, 5,733 cartons of cigarettes of various brands were seized by the Gaoua Gendarmerie Research Brigade.
These seized unauthorized cigarettes were incinerated on Saturday March 30, 2024 in Gaoua.
According to the commander of the Gaoua gendarmerie brigade, chief warrant officer Moussa Bangré, on Monday March 4, 2024, thanks to an anonymous source in good faith, the gendarmerie received information regarding goods of doubtful origin in a courtyard for residential use as a ‘ celibaterium’ model.
‘A rapid transport to the scene, followed by a search, made it possible to find cartons of cigarettes. They were seized and taken to our service,’ he said.
The investigation revealed that these products came from a country where the owner lives there.
‘We have not been able to get our hands on him at the moment,’ said the chief warrant officer.
The market va
lue remained unknown. For Chief Warrant Officer Moussa Bangré, it is practically impossible to give the market value.
Furthermore, he welcomed the seizure of these products, which, in his opinion, once on the market, would have harmed the national economy and affected the health of the population. Before adding that their marketing could have been a source of financing terrorism.
This is why the commander of the Gaoua gendarmerie research brigade once again called for the collaboration of the population by reporting any suspicious situation.
Source: Burkina Information Agency