More Orchid Smuggling

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People affiliated with smuggling of orchids to Krasnoyarsk are wanted by 
police in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

5,700 decorative flowers, which appeared to be orchids, were seized in 
Krasnoyarsk Air****t when they were delivered by charter flight from
Thailand 
to Krasnoyarsk, the regional interior department re****ted. The orchids are

estimated to cost about USD 70,000, as Irina Bekesheva, the press
secretary 
of the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, re****ted.

Duty for orchids is 15% of the customs cost of the freight and not less
than 
?0.9 for 1 kg of flowers.

The flowers were unloaded from the plane and moved with the concealment of

these objects from customs control officers. A criminal case on smuggling 
(Article 188 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code) was opened on March
4.

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