Officers of the Palanca customs post identified US$185,000 hidden in specially designed places inside a Land Rover car heading for Moldova, IPN reports.
According to the Customs Service, the vehicle with Moldovan license numbers was driven by a man aged 56. The Moldovan said he does not have goods or financial resources that need to be declared.
Acting based on the risk analysis, the customs officers carried out a thorough search of the car, using special devices. Having suspicions about the structure of the vehicle, the officers disassembled the glove compartment and discovered a specially created place with four black polyethylene bags inside. These were full with US bills with the nominal value of 50 and 100, totaling US$185,000.
The money and vehicle were seized. The man faces three to ten years in jail over smuggling. The legal entity is punished with a fine of 100,000 to 200,000 lei and is banned from performing a particular activity or is liquidated.
