Border guards intercept 120 undeclared Arctic fox pelts near Poland
120 fox skins worth 400 thousand hryvnias were tried to be brought to Ukraine as a gift (Photo: 7th Carpathian Border Detachment via Facebook)
Ukrainian border guards and customs officers at the Hrushiv crossing point in Lviv region uncovered an attempt to smuggle 120 undeclared arctic fox pelts into the country, officials said on June 7.
The pelts were discovered in the luggage compartment of a bus traveling from Warsaw to Chernivtsi. The 65-year-old driver said he had received them as a package and was supposed to deliver them to Ivano-Frankivsk.
According to preliminary estimates, the Arctic fox pelts are worth about 400,000 hryvnias ($9,600).
The pelts were seized and transferred to a customs warehouse.
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