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Ukrainian transport minister has a message for Ukrainian smugglers

Could you please stop dismantling passenger trains to hide your contraband?

Ukrainian smugglers have been so rough in their neverending attempts to stash booze and cigarettes on westbound trains into the lucrative Polish market that repair costs have rendered more and more routes unprofitable for rail companies. The Lviv to Przemysl line has already been shut down. Now the Lviv to Krakow line is threatened.

Polish Radio

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