Chinese driver tried to smuggle gold bullions worth $181 thousand
17:00, 29 May 2014
TALDYKORGAN. KAZINFORM - 6 bullions of gold 980-carat weighting 4 kg 27 grams have been handed over to the National Bank of Almaty by the officer of confiscation department for the execution of judicial acts of Almaty region.
According to the head of the department of confiscation Shyngys Shengelbayev, the contraband cargo was discovered at "Korgas" customs point in the bus coming from China. The customs officers have detained a citizen of China Ma Shaw. Experts confirmed that bullions were made from noble metal containing 98.9 % gold which equals to KZT 27 million. Criminal case has been initiated. The Chinese driver Ma Shaw was fined 600 MCI, and gold bullions were confiscated. 1 gram gold market value is equal to USD 45. Thus the confiscated gold was worth USD 181 thousand.