Couple tried to smuggle hundreds of jewelry items from Ukraine: details of the story become known

Transcarpathian customs officers prevented the illegal export of branded jewelry worth worth more than UAH 15 million. The attempted export of jewelry was reported by the State Customs Service, UNN reports.

UNN wrote that the couple tried to take hundreds of packages of jewelry out of Ukraine. The State Customs Service told the details of the story with the details of the story with the precious smuggling.

Details

On November 26, at the the customs post "Vylok" on the border with Hungary, two citizens of Ukraine, a 70-year-old man and his citizens of Ukraine, a 70-year-old man and his 63-year-old wife, originally from Donetsk region. The couple had been living in the United States for the past two years. They chose the "green corridor, thereby declaring that they were not moving any goods across the customs border of Ukraine. goods subject to a written declaration. "However, during the inspection of their personal belongings, customs inspectors found a gold jewelry - a new one, sealed in a bag. Therefore, the citizens were asked to to present all personal belongings and the vehicle for an in-depth inspection. In the customs office, the husband and wife voluntarily laid out other jewelry that they had been hiding under their outerwear. Without declaring them, they tried to move more than 70 pieces of jewelry of the Italian brand Principessa across the customs border of Ukraine. jewelry of the Italian brand Principessa. Their estimated value is about UAH 15 million. The exact amount will be determined by an expert," the the State Migration Service said in a statement.

Currently, Transcarpathian customs officers are drawing up against both violators of customs rules reports on an administrative offense under Part 1 of Article 483 of the Customs of the Customs Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for a fine in the amount of 100 percent of the value of the goods with their confiscation.