Border guards showed the detention in the Chernivtsi region of a truck with alcohol, which was used to attempt to transport men of conscription age abroad. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, UNN reports.
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The service clarified that at the international checkpoint "Mamalyha", the driver of a DAF truck, who was transporting a batch of alcoholic products from Ukraine to Moldova, was detained. During the inspection of the truck, seven Ukrainian citizens of conscription age were found among the pallets with goods, whom the driver tried to secretly transport to Moldova.
Later, border guards found out that for his services, the driver, a foreign citizen, was supposed to receive from 6 to 13 thousand euros per person. Cash in the amount of 34 thousand euros was found and seized during the inspection of the vehicle's cabin. The organizer of the "illegal transfer" also said that he transported five men from Kyiv, and picked up two more in Khmelnytskyi and Khotyn.
It is indicated that the driver faces criminal liability under Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Recall
The prosecutor's office exposed several schemes of evasion from mobilization and illegal transportation of conscripts abroad. The documented amount of illegal profit exceeds UAH 5.8 million, and 11 people have been notified of suspicion.