Based on data and information, regarding the smuggling activities carried out in the competency area of Negresti Oas Border Police Sector, Border Police officers within Satu Mare County Border Police Inspectorate took the necessary specific surveillance and control measures of the area for detecting and apprehending the people involved in smuggling.
Thus, on 11th of May 2011, Border Police officers detected, near the Ukrainian border, several people carrying over the border - from Ukraine to Romania - big packages.
The Romanian Border Police officers tried to stop this group of criminals.
In compliance with the law, Border Police officers warned orally the aforementioned people and for not obeying and trying to run away on Ukrainian territory, the law enforcements used their weapons, shooting in vertical plan.
Even at this point, the smugglers did not stop, hiding on neighboring territory after abandoning the packages.
Following the investigation, Romanian Border Police officers detected 9,000 packages of smuggled cigarettes, Jin Ling brand, with Ukrainian duty-free stamps, valuing about 38,000 lei. The whole amount of cigarettes was asset.
During the meeting of Romanian Border Police representatives and those of corresponding Hungarian authorities, which took place last evening, was emphasized the fact that the Hungarian authorities apprehended two people at about 1,500 meters away from the border. The investigations regarding the identification of all the people involved in the smuggling are ongoing, leaded by the Border Police officers within Satu Mare County Border Police Inspectorate.
Press news of Satu Mare County Border Police Inspectorate