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During the last weekend at the Horgos border crossing, customs agents, in collaboration with the police, discovered three attempts to smuggle foreign currency and seized almost 150,000 euros.
Certainly the last most interesting case was discovered late on October 4, when a “BMW” with German license plates was set aside for a detailed inspection at the entrance of the country.
When asked if there is anything to report, the passenger said that apart from personal effects there is nothing else around 10,000 euros.
It turned out that the passenger did not tell the truth at the very beginning of the control, when a canvas bag was found on the floor of the trunk, on the floor of the trunk, in which 35,000 euros and 9,000 US dollars were hidden next to the tire pump electrical.
During the subsequent check, an envelope with 36,610 Swiss francs was found inside the slippers, packed in one of the bags with personal luggage.
In addition, about two thousand five hundred euros were found in the passenger’s wallet, in addition to the reported 10,000 euros, found in the pocket of the tracksuit that the passenger was wearing.
Due to the attempted smuggling of more than 96,000 euros in various currencies, the passenger was taken by the Police and the Prosecutor’s Office along with the vehicle and the money seized.
A couple of hours earlier that night, undeclared foreign currency was found in the possession of a 51-year-old Montenegrin citizen.
He was traveling alone in a “BMW” car with German license plates, stating during the meeting with customs agents at the entrance of the country that he had nothing to report except his personal luggage and about 8,000 euros.
A detailed check found 35,000 euros in the pockets of the vest that the passenger was wearing, while he had about 3,000 euros in his wallet.
After the return of the allowed amount of foreign currency, together with the confirmation of the initiated offense, almost 28,000 euros were temporarily detained.
The night before, an “Audi” with Austrian registration, with which two Serbian citizens from the vicinity of Sremska Mitrovica were traveling, was flagged down at this junction for a detailed inspection at the entrance to the country.
And they repeated the story that they have nothing to report other than personal luggage, showing customs officials their wallets in which they actually had 10,000 that can be carried across the border without reporting.
However, a personal search found another 25,100 euros in the jacket pocket worn by the 46-year-old gypsy pilot.
Undeclared money will be held until the misdemeanor court process is complete.
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