Kingisepp customs officers stopped the illegal movement of numismatics and postage stamp collections

The illegal movement of collections of numismatics and postage stamps was stopped by Kingisepp customs officers at the RussiancEstonian border.

Late in the evening, a passenger car driven by an Estonian citizen arrived at the Ivangorod customs checkpoint. When passing through customs control, the driver declared that he had no goods subject to declaration

Specialists examined the car of the foreigner entering Russia using a mobile inspection and screening complex and assigned the vehicle the status of “object under suspicion

After inspecting the vehicle, the inspectors found goods being transported with concealment from customs control

In a niche under the driver’s seat, customs officers found a package that could be accessed only after the seat was moved to the stop. The bag contained 12 kilograms of coins of various countries of the world in the amount of 2416 pieces

Inspecting the trunk of the car, in the suitcase, among the personal belongings of the citizen, the inspectors found 9 albums with postage stamps. The philatelic collection totals 8,105 postage stamps

– Customs officials made a decision to send the stamps for examination to identify them, establish their status and market value. Coins seized as the subject of a case of administrative offense, responsibility for committing which is provided for by Part 2 of Article 16.1 of the CAO RF – disguising goods from customs control, – explained the acting head of the customs post IACP Ivangorod Kingiseppskoy customs Evgeny Skoryukov. – After receiving the results of the expert examination, a procedural decision will also be made with regard to the stamps.

After receiving the results of the examination, a procedural decision will be made