15 thousand of rose and briar seedlings should arrive Ukraine; the contraband consignment was arrested a few meters from the state border. The case was revealed by inspectors of Ocniţa Border Police Sector, on March 23, at approximately 2.30.
The Border Police officers, being in a service mission, noticed in the direction of localities Corestăuţi - Novoalexeevka a vehicle that drove to Moldovan-Ukrainian border. A period of time, the border inspectors monitored the actions and the itinerary of minibus of model Volkswagen, and when it was 50 m from the border line it was stopped for inspection.
In the transport means were 8 persons who did not have any identity documents, presenting themselves as Moldovan inhabitants of village Bulboacă, Briceni. As a result of the search of the transport means were found 15 thousand rose and briar seedlings for which the driver was unable to present any documents of origin. The cost of seedlings is estimated at about 270 thousand MDL.
The Border Police officers have recorded all procedural acts necessary in this case, currently the investigations are continued by investigation officers in order the legal measures to be taken.