Inspectors of the Calinesti border guards post discovered more than 31,000 packets of contraband cigarettes near the state border, not far from Chetris-Tabara village. The cigarettes were to be smuggled to Romania, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting a communiqué from the Border Guard Service. The cigarettes were found in a wooded area during an operation aimed at combating cigarette smuggling. The packs were hidden in a hardly accessible place. The contraband was seized and transmitted to the Falesti Police Commissariat. Investigations are conducted to identify all the persons involved in this case.