6.12 kilos of tobacco seized at the border

Romanian Border Police officers within Varsand Border Crossing Point, Arad County, detected a Romanian, a 35 years old man, trying to illegally bring into Romania 6.12 kilos of tobacco.

Border Police officers acted in accordance with the law, taking all the imposed legal measures.

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:

• 48 illegal deeds (22 crimes and 26 penalties) committed by Romanian and foreign citizens;
• the amount of penalties reaches approximately 5,000 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 82,000 lei, were detected;
• the flow of passengers and means of transportation at the border crossing points was about 71,300 people, both at the entry and at the exit and over 24,800 means of transportation.
  3 foreign citizens were refused entry due to the fact that they did not meet the entry requirements and 10 Romanian citizens were not allowed to exit Romania out of various legal grounds.