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🧀 Cheese run of 367 kg: driver went through the “green corridor” and lost all the Polish dairy products
An attempt to bring in an entire cargo trunk of delicacies from Poland without hindrance ended for the driver with confiscation of the goods, a fine, and substantial costs for customs warehouse storage. Such a consignment is clearly intended for stores — this is how shop assortments are replenished by smuggling.
🚚 What happened at the border
19 in August 2026 at about 14:05 citizen Ivan Mavdryk in a RENAULT MASTER was returning from a private trip through the Rava-Ruska — Hrebenne checkpoint of the Lviv Customs. For control he deliberately chose the simplified control lane — the “green corridor.” By doing so he declared the absence of goods subject to declaration or restricted from import.
However, customs officers directed the vehicle to a place for in-depth inspection, where they found a substantial dairy stock with no documents on value:
• 🧈 Butter Mleczna Dolina 82% (200 g) — 400 pcs (80 kg)
• 🥛 Creams Mlekovita Dessert Cream (1 l) — 118 pcs (118 kg)
• 🥣 Sour cream Mleczna Dolina 18% (400 g) — 36 pcs (14,4 kg)
• 🧀 Cream cheese Mleczarnia (1 kg) — 12 pcs (12 kg)
• 🧀 Hard cheese Mlekpol Krolewski (400 g) — 78 pcs (31,2 kg)
• 🧀 Cheese Mlekovita Camembert (120 g) — 179 pcs (21,48 kg)
• 🧀 Cheese La Polle Brie Classic (1,6 kg) — 22 pcs (35,2 kg)
• 🧀 Creamy cheese Laciaty (135 g) — 88 pcs (11,88 kg)
• 🧀 Cheese Polmlek Natan — 14 pcs (43,168 kg)
The total weight of the seized goods amounted to 367,328 kg. In his explanations the offender stated that he bought the products solely for his own needs, and at the hearing fully admitted guilt.
⚖️ What the court decided
Judges of the Halych District Court of Lviv considered the materials of the case on violation of customs rules under part 3 of article 471 of the Customs Code of Ukraine and ruled:
• ❌ To find Ivan Mavdryk guilty of failing to declare goods the importation of which is restricted.
• 💸 To impose a fine on the offender in the amount of 5 100 UAH.
• 🚫 To confiscate all 367,328 kg of dairy products to the state’s revenue.
• 🏛️ To collect 665,60 UAH of court fees in favor of the state.
• 📦 To collect 4 511,42 UAH in favor of the Lviv Customs for storage of the property in the warehouse.
This was reported by the Telegram channel “Sudom po shemakh” citing case No. 461/7260/26 (the ruling was adopted on 20 October 2026).
💡 Advice from the Telegram channel “Sudom po shemakh”
1. 🟢 “Green corridor” is not just a lane, it is a legal fact. Entering it, you legally assert that you are not carrying goods subject to restrictions or in quantities that require declaration. If you have doubts about the quantity or category of goods — go to the “red corridor.”
2. 🛒 The “bought for myself” story doesn’t work for commercial volumes. Importing hundreds of kilograms of food falls under strict customs limits and sanitary rules regardless of what you planned to do with it afterward.
3. 💰 Account for ancillary costs. In case of confiscation you will have to pay not only the fine but also cover the customs’ costs for storing the goods. In this case, storage of the cheese and creams cost the offender almost as much as the fine itself (4,5 thousand UAH versus 5,1 thousand UAH).
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