Photos, videos, SBU seized six tons of amber in the illicit production in the Odessa regionPhoto: SBU

Mined raw materials in the Zhytomyr and Rivne regions

14.02.19 230100

In Odessa region the staff of SBU found a whole underground an industrial complex, where he was treated amber and made of it a decoration. “Raw materials” purchased from the “black diggers” in the Zhytomyr and Rivne oblasts. Seized six tons of raw amber. This is reported in the SBU.

Organized the production of a native of Eastern Asia, received the Ukrainian citizenship. In addition to workshops for processing of amber he organized in Odessa region another hostel for their employees.

Business would prefer to have with their compatriots who live in Ukrainian territory. In the shop worked about fifty workers.

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The finished products were sent to Asia. During the search law enforcers seized six tons of raw amber are no more in size. A ton of processed stone and fifteen pounds of ready-to transport goods, the “black accounts”, and a large amount of cash.

Photo: SBU

The value of seized amber is still counted. Sure to install it until after a complete Gemological examination.

As previously mentioned the Focus:

  • In Poland, Ukrainians caught smuggling large quantities of amber. He was carrying 275 pounds, put them in your car.
  • In Myanmar found amber, in which wore the remains of tiny snakes of the Cretaceous period, the age of which almost a hundred million years.