A batch of tomatoes worth Br48 million detained near Polotsk

August 17, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. A large batch of tomatoes was detained near Polotsk, the Department for Combating Economic Crimes (UBEP) of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

On the Minsk-Polotsk highway, employees of the traffic police and the economic crimes department of the Polotsk District Department of Internal Affairs, together with employees of the Novopolotsk inter-district department of the Department for Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee of Belarus, detained a "Daf" vehicle driven by a 48-year-old resident of the village of Samokhvalovichi, Minsk region, who was transporting 16.6 tons of tomatoes without accompanying documents. The cost of agricultural products amounted to Br48.3 million. The tomatoes, purchased at the Minsk Vegetable Factory, were destined for an individual entrepreneur from St. Petersburg.

The cargo has been seized. An administrative protocol was drawn up against the transport company under Article 12.17, Part 4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus.-0-