A batch of scrap metal worth Br78 million detained in Rossony district

March 17, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A large batch of scrap metal was detained in the Rossony district, the information and public relations department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate told a BELTA correspondent. On the road border of the Russian Federation - Rossony - Kokhanovichi, law enforcement officers of the Rossony District Department of Internal Affairs stopped a Renault car driven by a 43-year-old individual entrepreneur for inspection on the evening of March 16. The man was transporting 19.7 tons of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal worth a total of Br77.8 million without accompanying documents. An administrative protocol was drawn up against the driver under Article 12.29, Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus. The cargo was seized.-0-