9 May 2002
Police seize truck with 10 tons of illegal alcohol

 The Brest branch of Belarus' Committee on Organized Crime and Corruption has reported detaining a truck carrying about 10 tons of barreled alcohol lacking excise stamps and worth over 20 million rubels ($11,500). The truck was found on May 7 in a parking lot outside the
village of Petki near the city of Kobrin in southwestern Belarus. A man who accompanied the truck in a car offered resistance and had to be subdued, officials said. He, the truck driver, both vehicles and the cargo were arrested.