At Pulkovo airport, customs officers noticed a suspicious citizen walking down the «green» corridor. It turned out that he had 6.5 million rubles in his carry-on bag.
As it turned out, the man was on his way from Russia to Uzbekistan. The passenger could not document the origin of the cash. In terms of toxic currency, he was preparing to take out more than $112,000.
The customs officers saw the actions of the Russian citizen as a criminal offense, which could be qualified as attempted smuggling of a particularly large amount of cash.
According to the law, he faces either a 15-fold fine on the illegally smuggled amount or four years in jail.