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In the first nine months of 2026, Romanian police seized around 70 million cigarettes and over 9.8 tons of tobacco, imposing fines totaling 8,175,255 lei. A total of 372 inspections were conducted, leading to 541 criminal cases against 765 individuals. Significant seizures included 280,000 cigarettes and large sums of money in Iași, and 900,000 cigarettes along with fireworks in Galați, with suspects aged 56.