by "kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
Published 08/09/2017 at 15:27
by "kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
Published 08/09/2017 at 15:27
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The Russian customs caught today a ruthless smuggler. The stash was hidden inside a VW Caravelle that was coming from Finland back to Russia. The smuggler was carrying 99 kg of Finnish cheese!
Russia has set various import sanctions and only 5 kg of cheese is allowed. So the brave customs officials saved Russian citizens from 94 kg of illegal cheese.
The massive load of smuggled cheese set the record for customs’ cheese detection operations. The last record was 37 kg of Finnish cheese.
The cheese with red label packaging happens to be one of my favorites.
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
08/09/2017 at 15:39, STARS: 8
It’s a gouda thing that the smugglers were caught.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
08/09/2017 at 15:41, STARS: 5
The swiss authorities applauded the effort.
"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
08/09/2017 at 15:44, STARS: 6
I’m sure they confiscated it as part of fondue process.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
08/09/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 2
I wonder if it was a group or somebody did the job provolone.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
08/09/2017 at 15:49, STARS: 1
Jack Colby could not be reached for comment.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
08/09/2017 at 16:03, STARS: 2
Those VWs are really a Jack of all trades.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
08/09/2017 at 23:14, STARS: 1
I’m sure they authorities will whey their options, and process him accordingly.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
08/10/2017 at 06:07, STARS: 0
i’d stop the van too, but instead of turning in the loot i’d consume it myself.
"whatD0YouMeanYouPeople?" (haroldboru)
08/10/2017 at 11:37, STARS: 0
What? That’s crazy. No whey!
"Svend" (svend)
08/10/2017 at 13:17, STARS: 0
They’ve been doing this since the sanctions on Russia started and then Russia banned food exports from Europe.
There are blackmarket people specialising in certain cheeses.
It’s mostly done through Finland as before the sanctions Russians often used to cross the border into Finland to do their regular shopping.
Cheese lovers may want to consider a brief holiday in Finland, where Russian sanctions over Ukraine have prompted huge price cuts, causing a rush to supermarket chiller cabinets across the country.
One of Finland’s most popular cheeses, Oltermanni, is being sold at roughly half the usual price as retailers try to shift an influx of the product that had been destined for Russia.
Moments after the retailer, S Group, announced the reduction, the supermarket’s website crashed with demand.
Such is the fame of the discount that Oltermanni has been dubbed “Putin cheese” and signs have popped up in stores thanking the Russian President.
Made by Valio, a 100,000kg shipment of the cheese had fallen foul of Russia’s ban on food imports from European countries that had hit it with sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine.
The Kremlin has retaliated with several rounds of counter-sanctions against the US and EU, who had targeted Russia’s state finances, energy and arms sectors amid accusations that the country was supporting separatists in eastern Ukraine.
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"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
08/10/2017 at 13:25, STARS: 1
Yeah. There was a brief period when cheap Finnish cheese with Russian packaging was available. Those are gone but the price discount seems to be still going on.