Brest customs officers stopped the illegal import of a consignment of various goods worth about 500 thousand.

A commercial consignment of various foreign goods illegally imported by a Russian entrepreneur into the territory of the EAEU was seized before a court decision. This was reported in the press service of the State Customs Committee of Belarus, writes sb.by.

The Iveco car, in which the goods were moving, was stopped by Brest customs operatives on the M1 highway. According to the documents, auto parts were imported in the van. However, in fact, about 3.8 thousand units of musical instruments, perfumes, animal feed and premium alcoholic beverages were still in transport without Belarusian excise stamps.

As established by customs officers, the consignment was imported to Belarus under the guise of goods for personal use. In order to avoid paying customs duties, the cargo was crushed into parts and distributed to different individuals in Poland for moving across the border.

The total cost of the seized before the court decision amounted to about 500 thousand Belarusian rubles. On this fact, administrative processes have been initiated under Part 2 of Art. 15.1, Art. 13.12, Part 2 of Art. 13.18 of the Administrative Code.

The passenger of the train tried to hide more than $ 50 thousand from customs control.