Romanian Border Police officers within Maramures County seized 3,000 packages of cigarettes made in Ukraine, valuing 26,000 LEI. The packs were crossed over the Tisa River with a inflatable boat.
Yesterday, on 07.09.2011, around 22.00 hours, Border Police officers within Sighet Border Police Sector detected a group of people illegally crossing the Ukrainian-Romanian border, through the waters of Tisa Rivers with an inflatable boat.
Reaching the Romanian territory, the suspects started to get off the boat several big boxes.
At that moment, Border Police officers apprehended the people, but due to the fact the suspects did not obey the verbal requests, the law enforcement had to use the weapons and ammunition, being shot once in vertical plan.
As a result, four Ukrainian citizens, Sviatoslav B., 21 years old, Taras I., 20 years old, Andrii T., 18 years old and Iaroslav S., 22 years old were apprehended.
After searching the perimeter were detected 6 boxes containing 3,000 packages of cigarettes coming from Ukrain, valuing about 26,000 LEI and also inflatable boat.
Prior acts of criminal investigation in terms of the offense of smuggling and illegal state border crossing and the whole amount of cigarettes and the inflatable boat were seized.
Press news of Maramures Border Police County Inspectorate