A Belarusian tried to smuggle aluminum worth almost Br120 million in a Russian car.

June 29, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. A citizen of Belarus, driving a Russian car, attempted to export aluminum worth almost Br120 million from the country, BELTA was informed by the Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control. During raid operations on the Brest-Minsk-Russian Federation border highway near the village of Turovochi, the Orsha inter-district department of the financial investigations department of the Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control, together with traffic police officers of the Orsha District Department of Internal Affairs, detained a car belonging to a private enterprise from Smolensk. The car was heading towards the Russian Federation with a cargo of scrap and waste of non-ferrous metals without accompanying documents. The weight of the illegal cargo was 20 tons. It was established that almost two months ago, this driver had already attempted to violate the established procedure for exporting scrap and waste of ferrous and non-ferrous metals from Belarus. At that time, he intended to export 20.5 tons of scrap metal worth Br119.2 million. A report on an administrative offense has again been drawn up against the citizen. The transported scrap and waste of aluminum have been seized. -0-