When crossing the border at the checkpoint with Slovakia " The State Customs Service of Ukraine reported this on April 28..

“When the service dog Balu sniffed her luggage and went off, the woman became nervous and admitted that she was moving $100 thousand in currency. Cash was found in a backpack among the citizen’s personal belongings. She did not provide the necessary supporting documents for the legal movement of currency values \u200b\u200bacross the border,” the report says..

A protocol has been drawn up regarding this fact.. EUR10 thousand equivalent. - $11.7 thousand. was returned to her, and the rest of the undeclared currency, which at the NBU exchange rate is almost UAH 4 million, was seized until a decision was made. The sanction of this article provides for a fine of 20% of the amount exceeding the permitted EUR10 thousand.

Previously, the department reported that in January-March 2026, canine teams of the State Customs Service identified 265 cases of illegal movement of prohibited substances and items across the border, which is 18% more than in the same period last year, and 81.5% more than in 2024. The largest number of violations is associated with the illegal movement of drugs across the border - 110 cases, the smallest - with the movement of banknotes in the form of banknotes, only three of these were recorded.

See photo gallery: A service dog helped find about 4 million in the luggage of a resident of Transcarpathia. Let us remind you that detectives of the Territorial Administration of the Bureau of Economic Security in the Chernivtsi region uncovered a scheme for illegally transporting cigarettes without excise stamps to Romania using drones.

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