Security Service of Ukraine has seized 16 kg of amber in the amount of 2 million UAH (78 000 USD) from buyers in Volynska region of Ukraine,- reported the press service of Ukrainian SSU.
Earlier Security Service of Ukraine blocked distribution channel of hard drugs
"During the car examination, law enforcement officers found nearly 16 kilograms of illegally mined amber of big factions. According to operative information, criminals planned to re-sell the amber to the intermediaries for subsequent smuggling into one of the countries of East Asia. The starting price of the seized amber on the "black market" is two million hryvnia, "- said in a statement.