In Primorye frontier guards detained the citizen of China who tried to smuggle more than six pounds of fat frogs. On Tuesday, August 15, reported on the website of the far Eastern customs administration.
When passing customs control at the post “Boundary”, the foreigner said that he had no goods subject to Declaration. However, in his Luggage found eight containers, which were 6.2 kg of frog fat.
“According to the offender, the goods handed to him by a stranger, who promised a reward upon arrival in China. That fat frog must be declared a resident of China do not know”, — stated in the message.
In relation to men a criminal case on an administrative offence. Fat directed on examination.
Under current law, the export of frog and its derivatives is allowed only if availability permits.
In China, the fat frogs used in medicine and cosmetology. From one frog get three to four grams of fat. To retrieve of 6.2 kg was killed about two thousand animals.
In February, the customs of the Caucasian Mineral Waters (Stavropol region) detained more than 400 kilograms of undeclared artificial teeth from China. Customs officers have counted 726,7 of thousands of illegal plastic products, all of them were seized.