More than 50 tons of ferrous scrap metal were attempted to be illegally exported to Russia - KGC

May 14, Minsk /Corr. BELTA/. Financial police officers of the State Control Committee have stopped facts of illegal export of ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap outside Belarus, the press service of the SCC told BELTA. Officers of the Orsha inter-district department of the financial investigations department of the SCC for the Vitebsk region have stopped facts of illegal export of ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap outside the republic. One of the trucks with a trailer loaded with metal scrap, driven by a resident of the Minsk region born in 1980, was detained on the 608th km of the "Brest - Minsk - Russian Federation border" highway. The vehicle was carrying 27 tons of non-ferrous metal scrap and waste worth Br270 million. The scrap metal was intended for export to the Russian Federation. On the same section of the highway, financial police officers of the State Control Committee detained a truck driven by another resident of the Minsk region born in 1974, who was exporting 28.4 tons of ferrous metal scrap and waste worth Br47.4 million from Belarus to Russia. In violation of the current legislation, these citizens were exporting ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap and waste from the republic without товарно-сопроводительных документов (shipping documents). Responsibility for this offense is provided for by Part 1 of Article 12.29 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses. Protocols on administrative offenses have been drawn up against the drivers of the vehicles in these cases. The ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap and waste found in the vehicles have been seized. -0-