It is noted that the special operation was carried out by employees of the anti-smuggling units of the North-Western Operational and Pskov customs, together with employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Smuggling of the FCS of Russia and the Office of the FSB of Russia in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
“Customs officers stopped a cargo vehicle for inspection, in which, according to shipping documents, Spanish olives were transported.
During the control using the inspection and inspection complex, it was revealed that the fuel tank of the car was equipped with a cache, ”the statement says.
The department said that “upon opening the tank, the customs officers found 219 briquettes with a plastic substance of brown color inside.
The examination showed that the contents of the packages are a narcotic hashish.
The mass of the drug has exceeded 150 kg. "
“On the fact of drug smuggling on an especially large scale, a criminal case was initiated against two citizens of the Russian Federation under Part 4 of Art.
229.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia ", - added in the customs department.
Earlier it was reported that the police of the Leningrad region reported on the work for 2020.
1631 drug crimes were detected in the region, more than 3 tons of illegal substances were seized from illegal circulation, mainly synthetic drugs.