Yekaterinburg Customs Seizes 3000 Illegal Imported Goods

Aug.23.2022
Yekaterinburg Customs Seizes 3000 Illegal Imported Goods
Yekaterinburg customs confiscated 3000 illegal imports, including Apple products and e-cigarettes, according to URA.RU.

The news department of the Ural Customs Administration informed URA.RU that 3,000 illegally imported goods, including products from Apple and electronic cigarettes, have been confiscated in Yekaterinburg.


Photo credit: Vladimir Andreev © URA.RU


A statement reveals that officials at the Yekaterinburg Customs found 2,300 disposable and reusable e-cigarettes, electronic smoking devices, and 630 mobile device accessories. According to the security team, some of these products were from Apple.


They contacted a company representative to inquire whether the products were manufactured by the official company.


URA.RU has sent a request to Apple, but has received no response at the time of publication. Earlier, a customs officer in Sverdlovsk detained an athlete from the United Arab Emirates with a shipment of pills and vials. He is suspected of smuggling performance-enhancing drugs.


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