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Customs officers at Sofia Airport and Kalotina BCP seized undeclared currency of BGN 140,000 equivalent

Customs officers from General Directorate „Сustoms Intelligence and Investigation“ seized undeclared currency of BGN 142 403 equivalent at two inspections of Sofia Airport and Kalotina BCP.

EUR 20 000 were retained by customs officers at the Sofia Airport Passenger BCP. The currency was opened by customs officers during the inspection. The passenger, a man Brazilian citizen arriving by flight from Istanbul crossed the "green corridor" - nothing to declare. It was found that in his luggage the man carried a large sum of currency.

On September 7, 2019, customs officers of the Kalotina BCP discovered an undeclared currency when checking a car in which the driver and his companion, Turkish citizens, traveled from Western Europe to Turkey through Serbia and Bulgaria. The car selected for customs inspection. During the inspection customs officers found around the waist in a bag of one of the men, white envelopes containing banknotes totaling € 37,500 .An act on the Currency Law was drawn up in two the case.

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