A batch of flowers worth Br350 million seized by customs officers in the Dubrovno district

September 8, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. A batch of illegally transported live flowers worth Br344 million was seized by employees of the operational-search department of the Vitebsk customs in the Dubrovno district, the customs informed the correspondent. The roses and chrysanthemums were being transported from Germany to Russia in a DAF truck driven by a Russian citizen. During the inspection, customs officers discovered that the quantity of goods declared in the accompanying documents was exceeded by more than 47,000 units. An administrative process has been initiated in this regard under Part 6 of Article 14.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus. Since the seized goods are perishable, the flowers have already been put up for sale in specialized retail organizations in the region.-0-