False identity card detected at Petea

A young man, Romanian citizen, living in Dolj County, is incriminated by Border Police officers for identifying himself with a false identity card at the entrance to Romania.

Tuesday, 25.10.2011, at about 21.00 hours, at Petea Border Crossing Point came in order to enter Romania, a young man presenting for passport control an identity card on the name of Razvan M., from Dolj County. On the occasion of entry Romania formalities, Border Police officers who checked the travel document concluded that it is not a genuine one.

Following the thorough check was established the fact that the person who came at the entrance is Marius I, from Segarcea town, Dolj County. He stated that the data included in the falsified document belong to his brother and that, while being in Spain, he had lost his own identity card, meeting later on, in the same country, a Romanian citizen who gave him the aforementioned document, presented to Border authorities.

Now, Marius I., is being incriminated for the offence of false usage, misusage of the document, complicity to falsifying official documents and attempt of illegal border crossing.

Cigarettes capture at the border

Romanian Border Police officers within Caras Severin Border Police County Inspectorate detected a Romanian citizen carrying 7,000 packages of smuggled cigarettes.

On 25.10.2011, starting with 14.00 hours, based on data and information of Naidas Border Police Sector, Border Police officers initiated a specific action in the filed of countering cigarettes smuggling.

At about 18.45 hours, with the help of video surveillance system was detected a mean of transportation close to border line, its presence there not being justified.

The Border Police patrol within that area was informed and at about 200 meters away from Rusova Noua, the vehicle was intercepted on an agricultural road.

The Ford Mondeo vehicle was inspected. Due to the fact that inside were detected several big boxes, an operational team was requested, finding inside a big number of packages of cigarettes: 4,500 packages of FAST cigarettes, Serbian made and 2,500 packages of MARBLE cigarettes, with no stamps.

Prior acts of criminal investigation in terms of the offense of smuggling and fiscal evasion were drawn by Border Police officers.

The amount of cigarettes, valuing about 70,000 LEI, was seized by Border Police officers.

The Ford Mondeo vehicle, valuing about 12,000 LEI, was seized also on the premises of Caras Severin Border Police County Inspectorate up to the finalization of the investigations.