Border guards detain smugglers who made drones to smuggle cigarettes abroad
Kyiv • UNN
Volyn border guards exposed smugglers who were manufacturing drones to smuggle cigarettes to the EU, confiscating UAVs and equipment for their production. The confiscated drones will help Ukraine's defense.
In Volyn region border guards exposed smugglers who manufactured UAVs to smuggle cigarettes to EU countries. Seized drones will be transferred to units of the of the State Border Guard Service that perform tasks as part of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, the the Interior Ministry, UNN reports.
Details
A motorized hang glider, 8 unmanned aerial vehicles such as "Airplane" and "Quadcopter", thermal imagers, binoculars, radios, GPS trackers, photo traps, more than 2 thousand packs of counterfeit tobacco products, gadgets, and draft records were found and seized from the defendants
Also law enforcement officers exposed a workshop with a full cycle of production of unmanned aerial drones, including a line of 3D printers that printed components for components for drones.
The seized UAVs are planned to be transferred to the units of the State Border Guard Service that perform tasks in the the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The possibility of using the skills of of persons involved in illegal activities in countering enemy forces.
To recap,
In Odesa region, law enforcement officers stopped region, law enforcement officers stopped the illegal sale of electronic cigarettes and and accessories. As a result of the searches searches, the Bureau seized goods worth UAH 10.3 million.
