41 transport units, illegally reassembled were detected at border crossing points at the beginning of this year, another 147 have been documented by border guards during 2013.
The most common tricks of drivers are increasing the number of seats and installing illegal LPG supply systems. The last two such cases have been recorded at the border crossing point Palanca.
The Border Policemen turned back two Moldovans as they were driving the cars reassembled without the legal authorization, more than that one of them did not have any license for the transportation of passengers. The cases were registered on 16 May, at the border crossing point Palanca.
At around 3:00, at exit of the country, there was presented for a border inspection a specific route minibus Stefan Voda - Moscow. Following the verification of the documents submitted by the driver, the border inspectors found that the driver increased the passengers’ seats from 7 to 9 seats, without the authorization of the competent bodies. Similarly, the man was unable to present the strict running schedule and the license to transport the passengers.
The same trick, the illegal reassembled transport means was used by another Moldovan. He drove a Mercedes 318 CDI with registration numbers of Stefan Voda. During the research initiated by the Border Police officers the driver of the transport admitted he infringed the law, explaining it as a means to increase the revenue.
Both cases were sent to Stefan Voda Police Inspectorate in order to further research and attract liability under the national legislation.
