Illegal non-ferrous metal cargo detained in Tolochin district

February 25, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. An illegal cargo of non-ferrous metal was detained in the Tolochin district, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Department's Information and Public Relations Department informed a BELTA correspondent. On the Minsk - Russian Federation border highway, employees of the traffic police department of the Tolochin District Department of Internal Affairs and the "Strela" special police unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained a MAN truck driven by a 48-year-old driver. In a hidden compartment of the vehicle, law enforcement officers discovered 3.6 tons of non-ferrous metal scrap worth Br15 million. The driver could not present any relevant documents for the cargo. The metal has been seized. An investigation is underway.-0-