Bulgarian customs have thwarted an attempt to smuggle US dollar notes – some of them suspected to be fake – to Ukraine.
Customs officers at the Danube Bridge border crossing between Bulgaria and Romania have found undeclared USD 6,500 stashed in a mini-bus travelling from Bulgaria to Ukraine with one passenger and the driver, the Customs Agency said in a press release.
Some of the dollar notes carried identical serial numbers which raised suspicions the money might be counterfeit.
A criminal investigation has been launched. The nationality and identity of the two men was not disclosed.
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Source: Novinite
