Customs officers at Lithuania’s Raigardas road post have intercepted Belarusian citizens as they attempted to smuggle over 27,000 euros into the country, the Customs service's Kaunas territorial office said on Monday.
The Belarusian citizens entered Lithuania from Belarus via the Raigardas road checkpoint in an Opel car and attempted to smuggle the money – more than 27,000 euros and 1,145 US dollars – without declaring it and hiding it from customs officers.
The smuggled money was seized, and a pre-trial investigation was opened.
The Lithuanian Customs reminds that people are required to declare cash amounts exceeding 10,000 euros or an equivalent amount in another currency when crossing the EU’s external borders.
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