11 tons of undeclared fuel found by Rostov customs officers on a ship from Turkey
Published: January 30, 2024 11:00 AM
A tanker from the port of Samsun (Turkey) has arrived at the checkpoint of the River Port of Rostov-on-Don to perform customs operations.
In the course of joint control, officials of the customs post of the River Port of Rostov-on-Don and the Frontier Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Rostov region revealed a discrepancy between the actual amount of fuel declared by the carrier. It was found that the regular fuel tanks contained 11.3 tons more fuel than declared
As a result of customs control in respect of the carrier and the captain of the vessel initiated cases on administrative offenses under part 1 of article 16.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation “Failure to declare in the prescribed form of goods subject to customs declaration