The Federal Customs Service told about the most unusual finds.
The Federal Customs Service (FCS) told on Monday, January 26, about the most unusual items seized during the inspection of passengers and luggage in recent years.
At Domodedovo airport, employees of the department found almost 50 kg of natural human hair in the luggage of a 37‑year-old foreigner. The man, who arrived on a flight from Dubai (UAE), told the inspectors that he was a hairdresser‑stylist and was returning from a beauty industry festival.
One day, a passenger was detained, whose luggage contained volcanic sand with a 15-fold excess of the natural radiation background. According to the woman, she collected a small crumb of frozen volcanic lava on a Kerala beach (India) in memory of her vacation.
"And Chita employees once found eleven wolf fangs, three bear fangs, as well as tea made from dried deer blood in the bag of a foreigner traveling to China. During the survey, the man explained that he was carrying the goods as a gift to his friend," the service said in an interview with Paragraph.
The service called on travelers to learn in advance the rules for the import and export of goods, as well as the requirements for declaration and permits, in order to avoid fines and detentions when crossing the border.
On January 20, customs officers at Sheremetyevo Airport detained a 49-year-old passenger who arrived from Dubai with undeclared jewelry from the Cartier jewelry house worth about 34 million rubles. 360.ru .
On January 5, employees of the Main Directorate for Combating Smuggling of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, together with the Northwestern Operational and Baltic Customs, stopped the smuggling of 40 kg of cocaine from Latin America, RT reports.
Earlier, customs officers at Vnukovo Airport prevented the smuggling of $105,000, which a 43-year-old Russian woman who arrived from Georgia was trying to import.
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