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Croatian tobacco factory official denies involvement in smuggling to Yugoslavia  

The Croatian Rovinj Tobacco Factory [TDR] has rejected the accusations that it is involved in smuggling cigarettes to Yugoslavia, Predrag Grubic, the spokesman of this factory, has told B92. Let us recall the Yugoslav customs officers discovered and seized 80 tonnes of cigarettes at the border with Bulgaria several days ago. The documents which the truck drivers possessed showed that the trucks were supposed to be transporting croissants. Grubic said that the factory wanted to cooperate with authorized Serbian institutions in suppressing unlawful trade of its products.

[Grubic] The TDR rejects all accusations related to tobacco smuggling. TDR is a respectable regional company which conducts business according to highest international standards in both production and business areas. . .

[Announcer] Predrag Grubic believes that there is no reason for accepting the proposal of the People's Peasant Party [NSS, led by Serbian Agriculture Minister Dragan Veselinov] in the Serbian Assembly to ban the Rovinj-based factory from the Serbian market.

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