At Sheremetyevo, Customs Officers Halted the Export of 136 Million Rubles to Kyrgyzstan

Customs officers at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport prevented an attempt to export 136 million rubles to Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federal Customs Service reported. The officers' attention was drawn to a 28-year-old Russian citizen: the man checked in a suitcase and handed it over as baggage, after which he proceeded to the departure zone with carry-on luggage only — behavior typical of attempts to hide the contents of baggage from inspection.

During the inspection of the suitcase, inspectors found 108 bundles of five-thousand-ruble banknotes held together with rubber bands. Another 7 million rubles were in the passenger's carry-on luggage. The citizen refused to explain the origin of such a significant sum.

An administrative case was opened over the failure to comply with the established prohibitions on the export of cash. The court ordered the confiscation of the funds exceeding the permitted threshold. The FCS recalls that the export of cash above the equivalent of 1 million rubles is prohibited to EAEU countries, as well as to Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.