Two men from Switzerland have smuggled in Bad Zurzach, AG, over the Rhine, a total of 21 second-hand pianos to Germany. The German customs came the two Eastern Europeans on the ropes. Against men opened a criminal case was initiated.
The piano-smugglers had been apprehended on Sunday at the port of entry to Germany at the customs office, Rhine home, directly opposite Bad Zurzach AG. They claimed to have seven used pianos loaded as the main customs office in Singen announced on Friday.
The tax collector did the two attention to the fact that for the clearance of pianos the customs papers would be required. The men were reasonable and wanted to get the customs papers immediately in Switzerland.
Uneasy gut feeling in the case of customs officials
she turned with your vehicle – and the officials left with a bad gut feeling at the customs office, as the main holds customs. Only an hour later, the suspicions were confirmed.
As the officers of the men referred to a delivery address in Germany passed by, they met the Eastern Europeans with the seven pianos. The necessary customs documents for the Goods they could not submit.
on further questioning it turned out that they had smuggled in two days earlier, 14 pianos to Germany.
Because of the non-registration of 21 used pianos to the value of 10’000 Euro was launched against the two men a criminal case. The importation and the provision of security for the expected fines of 2500 euros of taxes total. (anf/sda)
Created: 04.01.2019, 15:11 PM
