Pskov customs: violations of “a blueprint”

Two attempts to hide cigarettes from customs control stopped at the customs post MAPP (multilateral automobile checkpoint) Burachki Pskov customs at the Russian-Latvian border.

The driver of a goods vehicle leaving the customs territory of the Eurasian economic Union, has not presented to customs control and declared moved their goods.

The refrigeration unit of the refrigerator of the driver placed 351 a pack of cigarettes with excise stamps of the Republic of Belarus.

A day earlier, a citizen of Poland, also leaving from the customs territory of the Eurasian economic Union, driving a cargo vehicle, not presented to customs and not declared that he owns movable goods. In this case 66 packs of cigarettes with excise stamps of the Republic of Belarus. It is noteworthy that the place of concealment of the same – a refrigeration system of the refrigerator.

The vehicle was followed to Poland empty. In both cases, the cigarettes were seized. Against the Polish citizens prosecuted on administrative offenses under part 2 of article 16.1 of the code of administrative offences of the Russian Federation upon concealment of goods from customs control way, complicating detection.

Both of the fact of concealment identified by sniffer dogs, trained to search for tobacco products. Labrador Retriever gray outlined the signal behavior in the presence of cigarettes in the vehicle, and confirmed that the customs inspection.

Natalia Knyazeva,
press Secretary of the Pskov customs