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Poland intercepts R134a in car LPG tanks

POLAND: Customs officers in Terespol claim to have prevented seven attempts in the last month to smuggle refrigerant R134a in the LPG tanks of motor vehicles.

Officers seized cylinders with a total capacity of 1,450 litres.

In most cases, the vehicle drivers claimed that they did not know what was in the tanks. According to their explanations, they were only supposed to drive their cars across the border and leave them for a few hours at a designated location in Biała Podlaska, Terespol or Kałuszyn. 

Terespol is a border town in eastern Poland on the border with Belarus.

This is not the first time Polish customs have encountered this method of smuggling, similar incidents being reported as far back as 2018.

In all these most recent cases, fiscal criminal proceedings were initiated and are being conducted by the Lublin Customs and Fiscal Office in Biała Podlaska. 

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