Statistics regarding Romanian Border Police activity in the last 24 hours

In the last 24 hours, in the competence areas - meaning border crossing points and "green border" - Border Police officers detected:

• 28 illegal deeds (16 crimes and 12 penalties) committed by Romanian and foreign citizens;
• the amount of penalties reaches approximately 4,500 lei;
• undeclared goods (which were to be smuggled into the country), which exceeded the customs’ legal provisions or were suspected as being counterfeit with a total value of 14,500 lei, were detected;
• the flow of passengers and means of transportation at the border crossing points was about 133,000 people, both at the entry and at the exit and over 35,400 means of transportation.
  25 foreign citizens were refused entry due to the fact that they did not meet the entry requirements and 83 Romanian citizens were not allowed to exit Romania out of various legal grounds.

Video: Commander of vessel under alcohol influence

Commander of vessel under alcohol influence

Border Police officers within Calarasi Border Police County Inspectorate together with representatives of Chiciu Calarasi Harbor Master Control acted in time to avoid an accident which could have turned into a real naval catastrophe.

Thus, on 29.08.2011 were finished the investigations regarding a Romanian citizen, L. Ghita, commander of ADA 1 vessel, which was navigating upstream on Danube River in the competency area of Calarasi Border Police County Inspectorate.

That day, at about 3 o’clock P.M., Border Police officers within Calarasi Border Police County Inspectorate were informed that in the competency area, the aforementioned vessel was navigating upstream in a way that could put into danger the safety of others navigating in the area; after contacting via radio-phone the commander, Border Police officers noticed his difficulty in speaking and the incoherent speech.

Based on the Cooperation Protocol a joint team was created, consisting of Border Police officers within Calarasi Border Police County Inspectorate and the Head of Calarasi Harbor Master Control in order to check the received information.

The joint team went upstream, tracking the ADA 1 vessel and went on board for investigations.

While discussing with the commander, the Border Police officers smelled alcohol coming from the commander. After checking the identity documents of the commander, he was led on the premises of Calarasi Police where he was tested in order to see if he had any alcohol drink or not. The result of the alcohol test was 1.23mg/l.

As a next step, the commander was led to Calarasi County Hospital in order to test the percentage of the alcohol in his blood.

As a result of the investigation, the aforementioned person is being accused of fulfilling tasks after consuming substances, drugs or medicines which can lead to a similar behavior as being drunk, crime stipulated and punished by Law no. 19/2003, regarding the naval transportation regime.

The vessel and the crew anchored at river’s kilometer no. 392, following the owner of the vessel to come and to proceed on changing the crew.