Romanian Border Police officers within Maramures Border Police County Inspectorate apprehended four people trying to illegally bring into the country about 25,000 cigarettes packages, Ukrainian made, with the help of horses.
The whole amount of cigarettes was seized and the four Romanian citizens were drawn prior acts of criminal investigation in terms the offence of smuggling and illegal state border crossing.
The whole amount of cigarettes was seized and the four Romanian citizens were drawn prior acts of criminal investigation in terms the offence of smuggling and illegal state border crossing.
On 13.09.2011, a Border Police patrol within Maramures Border Police County Inspectorate - Viseu de Sus Border Police Sector, detected in a mountain area, at 1,600 meters altitude, a group of people walking along the border with several horses. At the same time, on the neighboring territory a truck which seamed to be loaded with big boxes was waiting.
The aforementioned people came back on the Romanian territory. They were caught by the Border Police officers carrying, with the help of nine horses, 50 big boxes containing smuggled cigarettes.
Immediately, the men were asked to stop, but they ignored the warnings and tried to run, taking advantage of the mountain woody terrain.
Border Police officers pursued the four suspects, apprehending them.
They were identified as V.C., V.K., I.C., V.C., from Poienile de Sub Munte.
After the inventory of the boxes, the fact that they contained 24,899 packages of cigarettes coming from Ukraine, valuing over 213,000 LEI was established.
Prior acts of criminal investigation in terms the offence of smuggling and illegal state border crossing were drawn by Border Police officers, the cigarettes being asset.
The investigations are in process in order to identify all the people involved.
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