Skopje, 6 August 2024 (MIA) — Over the past four days, customs agents at the Tabanovce border crossing prevented an attempt to smuggle into the country 62 pairs of sneakers, 37 cordless drills, five cordless sanders, and seven battery drill chargers, the Customs Administration said in a press release.

The undeclared goods were found in a passenger vehicle with foreign license plates.

Asked by the customs officer if he had anything to declare, the driver said he only had personal belongings, but during the customs check the agents found the contraband on and under the back seat of the car and in the trunk, the release says.

The sneakers and the power tools have been temporarily seized and charges have been filed against the driver.

At the Bogorodica border crossing, mobile customs teams caught two truck drivers trying to smuggle a total of 26 cartons of cigarettes.

Both were driving trucks with Macedonian license plates and both had hidden the cartons of cigarettes in the cabs of their trucks and hollow places in their trailers.

The cigarettes have been temporarily seized and charges filed against the drivers, the release adds.

Another person entering the country via Bogorodica tried to smuggle 11 cartons of cigarettes. The undeclared cigarettes were found on the back seat and in the trunk of a vehicle with Macedonian license plates.

The contraband has been temporarily seized and charges filed. mr/