Today, August 16, in Chernovtsy, an interdepartmental group of officers of the Internal and Internal Security Directorate of the State Border Guard Service and detectives of the Investigative Department of the National Police in Chernovitsy Oblast detained two participants of the illegal group involved in organizing the illegal movement of tobacco products across the border to Romania under the procedural direction of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chernivtsi region..

The detention occurred at the time of an attempt to transfer 1,200 euros of a bribe to an official of the border agency, so that border guards do not interfere with unlawful actions.

To the special operation to detain the fighters of a separate unit of operational response of the State Border Service "Dozor" and the National Police "KORD".

It should be noted that the members of the group are already passing through similar criminal proceedings started last year.

At present, further urgent investigative actions are being carried out.