Customs officers seize $12,000 in undeclared gold items on Turkey border
The items - weighing in at 376 grams - were seized during personal searches of two Georgian citizens, who have been identified only through their initials. Photo via Revenue Service's Facebook page
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Georgian customs officers seized ₾33,628 ($12,526) worth of undeclared gold items on the Sarpi border crossing checkpoint with Turkey in the south-west of the country, the Revenue Service announced on Tuesday.
The items - weighing in at 376 grams - were seized during personal searches of two Georgian citizens, who have been identified only through their initials.
One of the offenders was fined ₾5,244 ($1,953), while evidence on the other has been forwarded to the Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance for further response, the body added.