Customs seize 446 gems from foreigner at Domodedovo

Customs officers in Domodedovo found diamonds worth 2.5 million from a foreigner.

Consensus

• Customs officials at Domodedovo Airport found 446 precious and semi-precious gems in the luggage and body of a 54-year-old foreigner.
• The foreigner arrived from Uzbekistan.
• The total value of the items was over 2.5 million rubles.
• The items included emeralds, apatites, tourmalines, and synthetic moissanites.
• The metal plate found was made of silver 960 purity.
• A criminal case was opened under the charge of smuggling strategic resources in large quantities.
• The man was sentenced to 10 months in a correctional colony.
• The man claimed he was transporting the items as samples for his jewelry company and did not know he needed to declare them.

Points of divergence

• The man was sentenced to 10 months of colony settlement after a trial. — vm
• The man passed through the 'green' corridor and was found with 32 stones in his suitcase, 313 minerals from his jeans pockets, and 101 stones in his underwear. — m24
• Earlier, customs detained a woman at Sheremetyevo Airport who brought undeclared jewels worth 12 million rubles from Beijing. — vm
• Earlier, customs detained a woman at Sheremetyevо Airport who tried to bring a Hermes Birkin Black Togo Palladium Hardware bag worth 3 million rubles from Turkey, which was found in her hand luggage. — m24

Coverage (2 sources)

• Customs officers in Domodedovo found diamonds worth $2.5 million in a foreigner's luggage — Вечерняя Москва
• Domodedovo customs officers found 446 stones and minerals belonging to a foreigner — Москва 24

Key entities

• Russia
• Uzbekistan
• FTS
• Domodedovo
• Domodedovo
• Evening Moscow
• Federal Customs Service
• Domodedovo