The Ukrainian Security Service caught smugglers at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport on July 14 who illegally tried to bring tobacco, electronic devices and jewelry to Ukraine. Smugglers tried to deliver goods from the Middle East and Europe to sell them through local wholesale and retail outlets.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) uncovered two smuggling operations at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport on July 14, the agency reported.
Smugglers had attempted to ship boxes with illegal goods on cargo airplanes. Among the illegal goods there were 4,700 gadgets, including Apple iPhones and MacBooks worth over $1 million, as well as 715 kilograms of tobacco and jewelry packed inside the iconic robin’s-egg blue Tiffany & Co boxes.