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.