Russian media video screenshot
Overseas network March 2 nd"Russia Today" TV reported on the 1st that two Ukrainian diplomats were arrested on February 28th for trying to smuggle 16 kilograms of gold, thousands of packs of cigarettes and tens of thousands of dollars into Poland, and have been recalled.
It is reported that a driver and a consular attache of the Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, driving a minivan, were stopped on their way to Poland and detained by Ukrainian border guards on suspicion of smuggling. When the two men were caught red-handed, they were carrying euros worth more than 200,000 US dollars (about 1.29 million yuan), Polish zloty (the monetary unit of Poland) and US dollars, as well as 16 kilograms of gold and more than 8,000 packs of cigarettes, worth more than 50,000 US dollars (about 320,000 yuan).
Source: National Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine
The National Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine said in a statement that the investigators accused the driver and his entourage of "using diplomatic immunities and privileges and official means of transportation" to try to illegally transport the goods to the European Union. Two other officials were also allegedly involved in the attempted smuggling, including the father of the embassy attache.
On March 1st, Ukrainian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Doumet Kuleba confirmed that the two staff members had been dismissed, and reminded other diplomats to take a warning. Russian media said that cigarette smuggling is rampant in some areas along the Ukrainian border, where the price of tobacco is lower than that of EU countries such as Poland. (Overseas Network/Zhang Qi Internship Compilation/Shi Wei)
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