On the Nizhankovychi – Malhowice checkpoint, customs officers found hidden Apple gear value UAH 35.5 million. The 37-year-old driver tried to smuggle 829 items of apparatus, together with iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watches.
Apple gear value 35 million hryvnias was discovered smuggled in a minivan on the border with Poland, the State Customs Service reported on Saturday, writes UNN.
35 million: a bus full of "apples" was stopped by customs officers in Nyzhankovychi
– reported the State Customs Service.
Particulars
The Renault Trafic minivan arrived on the Nyzhankovychi – Malhowice checkpoint from Poland on January 16, round 11:30 PM.
To cross customs management, the 37-year-old driver, a resident of Lviv area, selected the "inexperienced hall" lane, supposed for the motion of products not topic to obligatory declaration and taxation.
However throughout a radical inspection, customs officers discovered a specifically outfitted hiding place within the structural cavities of the automotive.
Below the ground of the bus, 829 items of Apple gear had been hidden. Particularly, 501 Apple telephones. Principally amongst them had been iPhone 17 Professional, 16 Professional Max, 16 Professional Max. As well as, 211 AirPods headphones and 117 Apple Watch smartwatches had been discovered "below the mat". The estimated worth of the products is 35.5 million hryvnias
– famous the customs officers.
A protocol on violation of customs guidelines was drawn up primarily based on this reality, in accordance with Half 1 of Article 483 (Motion of products throughout the customs border of Ukraine with concealment from customs management) of the Customs Code of Ukraine.
The hidden items and the automobile have been seized pending decision of the case in court docket.
A report on the incident, which has indicators of a legal offense, in accordance with Artwork. 201³ of the Legal Code of Ukraine, has been despatched to the Territorial Division of the Bureau of Financial Safety in Lviv area.
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