Lens Smuggling at the Border: Border Guards Stop a Mercedes with Optical Cargo
Border guards of the 7th Carpathian Border Detachment at the Rava-Ruska checkpoint stopped an attempt to illegally import over 400 lenses for glasses and 52 sets of lenses for the production of glasses.
Detection of Smuggling
In checkered bags, among personal items, an ‘optical surprise’ worth over half a million hryvnias was hidden in the luggage compartment of the Mercedes. 🚗💸
Actions of the Border Guards
The vehicle was driven by a resident of Lviv, who stated that he was transporting goods from Krakow to Lviv. The preliminary value of the discovered items exceeds half a million hryvnias.
📍The discovered items were confiscated, and a report was filed against the man.