Customs officials seized 118 rolls of wallpaper and 120 kilograms of coffee

Officers controlled a vehicle with goods from Turkey. Weighing determined that it contained undeclared goods, wallpaper and adhesive worth 74.625 euros

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Photo: Customs Administration
Photo: Customs Administration
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At the Dračenovac border crossing, customs officials seized 118 rolls of wallpaper and six bags of adhesive tape that were not declared, with a value of 74 euros.

The Customs Administration said that they controlled a vehicle that was transporting goods from Turkey to two recipients from Montenegro, and due to doubts about the accuracy of the data and the amount of declared goods, the vehicle was sent for detailed weighing and inspection to the terminal of the Customs office in Rožaje.

During the detailed inspection, said the Customs Administration, a detailed inspection was carried out and in addition to the declared goods, 118 rolls of decorative wall coverings - wallpaper (4.956 m2) and 6 bags of wallpaper adhesive, total weight 20 kg, estimated total value of 74.625 euros were found.

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photo: Customs Administration

"For the said violation, the legal person and the responsible person in the legal person were fined in the amount of 5.500 euros, and the goods that were the subject of the violation were permanently confiscated."

Customs officers, they add, prevented an attempt to smuggle 120 kilograms of coffee at the Božaj border crossing.

"The offense was discovered when the customs officers checked at the entrance to the country a Range Rover Sport passenger motor vehicle driven by an Albanian citizen. On that occasion, undeclared goods were found - espresso coffee, estimated value of 1.800 euros. The foreign citizen was issued a misdemeanor order and fined in in the amount of 500 euros, and the goods that are the subject of the violation are permanently confiscated," the announcement reads.

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