Polish customs agents foiled today an attempt to smuggle 70 kilograms of amber from the Russian enclave of Kalingrad.
According to reports in the local media, they found booty worth 16,000 dollars hidden inside a fake fuel tank in a car driven by a Kaliningrad resident.
The Polish Baltic port city of Gdansk is a global center for the production of amber jewelry. It heavily relies on supplies of fossilized tree resin smuggled from neighbouring Kalingrad which is a major source of amber.
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