In the Dzhankoysky district of the Republic of Crimea, customs officers detained a citizen of Ukraine who was trying to carry marijuana across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union. "In the course of operational activities, with the use of a service dog. was found in the driver's seat a synthetic package of light color with the contents of vegetable origin contained in it, "- reported on August 23 on the site of the Sevastopol Customs. Experts of the Forensic Science Service established that the seized substance was marijuana (cannabis), the weight of the contraband package was 351.50 grams. The customs officers added that a search was carried out at the address of the temporary residence place of the Ukrainian in Sevastopol, during which time also substances of vegetable origin, presumably marijuana.

"For the illegal movement of narcotic substances across the state border. a criminal case has been opened, "the website says.. Citizens of Nezalezhnaya not for the first time come across smuggling to the Crimea. So, in early August, the media reported that a checkpoint "Perekop" was detained by a Ukrainian who was trying to carry poisonous chemicals to the peninsula. At the end of July, at the checkpoint "Dzhankoy", while trying to carry ammunition to the Crimea, another Ukrainian intruder was arrested.