In Minsk, 17-Year-Old School Student Stored a Thousand Vapes in a Garage for Sale

Reform.news Editorial Team · 14 March 2026, 16:04

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Officers of the Economic Crime Department of the Minsk Region, together with the juvenile affairs inspectorate and the tax authorities, uncovered an illegal entrepreneur. He turned out to be a 17-year-old Minsk resident, an 11th-grade student.

It was established that the teenager purchased nicotine-containing liquids and components for vaporizers through a messenger and stored them in a rented garage for subsequent sale in the capital and the Minsk District. During an inspection of the premises, more than a thousand containers with liquids, about 700 components and disposable smoking systems were seized.

The minor faces a large fine and confiscation of the goods, the Interior Ministry’s press service reported.