Federal Police strikes: Searched cigarette smugglers arrested!

Federal Police strikes: Searched cigarette smugglers arrested!

Kiefersfelden, Deutschland - The federal police arrested an international cigarette smuggler on October 15 on the A93 motorway near Kiefersfelden. The 33-year-old Ukrainian had already been searched by the Romanian judiciary by European arrest warrant in 2017. This strict measure was taken after he was sentenced to a five -year imprisonment in Romania, but was able to go under false identity.

During a night border control, federal police officers kept a car with Czech license plates. At the wheel, the man sought, who properly spent himself on with a passport and a Czech visa. His passenger, a 28-year-old Ukrainian, only had a Slovak tolerance, which she mistakenly regarded as a travel permit through Europe. Due to these circumstances, the driver of the vehicle was accused of an illegal entry. Both expressed the desire to return to Austria immediately, but this was not approved.

determination of the arrest warrant

The investigation by the police showed the driver's fingerprints that he was actively sought by Romanian authorities. In fact, the man in Romania had already been sentenced to a prison for cigarette smuggling, but had hidden himself without the punishment.

After the arrest, the Ukrainian of the Attorney General in Munich, who had an immediate arrest. He was then taken to the Munich-Stadelheim correctional facility. The detention there now has the purpose of providing him for a possible delivery to Romania, where he has to answer for his previous conviction.

In addition, he will soon be faced with another criminal complaint because he has provided his passenger, who also traveled under illegal circumstances. This woman was sent back to Austria after the police measures have been completed, where she also has to be responsible for her attempt to travel illegally.

This procedure of the federal police underlines the ongoing effort to combat illegal border crossings and the cigarette smuggling. The result of this control affects the surgical methods of smugglers in Europe and shows that the authorities also work far beyond national borders to take criminals searched for and prevent a possible return to the criminal milieu. For more details on this topic, See the report on www.presseportal.de .