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More than 22 tonnes of waste paper, which a Romanian citizen was transporting from Bulgaria to Romania without complete cross-border documents, was stopped at the Giurgiu border crossing point.
"The border policemen from the Giurgiu border crossing point carried out the specific control over a truck driven by a Romanian citizen, aged 56, who was about to enter the country. He was transporting, according to the accompanying documents, waste paper. The policemen, however, has suspicions related to the legality of the respective transport and they requested the authorized support of the commissioners from the National Environmental Guard. After verifications, it was established that the truck carried 22,320 kilogrammes of waster paper, from Bulgaria, meant for a commercial company in Ilfov County," reads a press release sent on Friday by ITPF (General Inspectorate of the Border Police) Giurgiu.
Following the verification of the transfer documents, the authorities found that certain sections of the submitted documents were not filled in, thus not complying with the legal provisions in force.
Consequently, the authorities did not allow access to Romania for this means of transport, the waste being returned to the shipping company. AGERPRES
