Russian with illegal scrap metal cargo detained in Orsha district

November 18, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. A Russian citizen with an illegal cargo of scrap metal was detained in the Orsha district, the BELTA correspondent was informed by the information and public relations department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate. On the Brest-Minsk-Russian Federation border highway near the village of Vysokoye, State Automobile Inspectorate officers detained an "International-4400" truck driven by a 28-year-old unemployed citizen of Russia, a native of the Pskov region, who was transporting 6.5 tons of non-ferrous metal scrap and 2.6 tons of ferrous metal scrap without proper documents. The total value of the cargo is estimated at Br7.6 million. An administrative protocol was drawn up against the driver under Article 12.7, Part 1-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus. The metal was seized.-0-