Brest customs officers detained an express-bus passenger who had arrived from Poland with three plastic packets containing marijuana, amphetamine and 4-SMS.[1] Entering Belarus through the Brest checkpoint, the Belarusian citizen chose the green corridor for crossing the border.[1] He told Brest customs officers that he had nothing to declare and no prohibited or restricted items.[1] A service dog signalled possible concealed prohibited substances by reacting to the man’s backpack.[1] Searching his toiletry bag, officers found a green chewing-gum pack concealing a parcel wrapped in tape.[1]

Examination by the Brest regional department of the State Committee of Forensic Examinations identified the seized items as marijuana, amphetamine and the psychotropic 4-SMS.[1] Together the substances weighed 3 grams, a combined total covering the marijuana and both psychotropics.[2] Customs described the detention as the disruption of an unlawful import of prohibited substances from Poland.[2] Brest Customs opened a criminal case under part 2 of article 328-1 of the Criminal Code, an offence punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment.[2]