How could they POUNCE on him?!!!
Posted on 07/07/2010 9:05:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Nordic customs officials have arrested a truck driver after he tried to illegally import 28 tons of Chinese garlic into the European Union.
The driver was intercepted last month as he drove the pungent truckload from Norway, which is outside the EU and where garlic is exempt from customs' duties, into Sweden, where garlic is subject to a 9.6 percent EU-wide duty.
Smuggling of cheaply produced Chinese garlic into the EU is on the rise, with around 1,200 tons brought into the 27-nation bloc via Norway since 2009, according to the European Anti-Fraud Office, known as OLAF.
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UFF DA!
This story stinks!
LOL!
Well... That stinks.
You haul 28 tons and whaddaya get?
Good thing it wasn’t lutefisk.. stink?
How could they POUNCE on him?!!!
Don't laugh, Olaf does good work and he's non-union, and besides I don't vant all that garlic around here...
He thought the garlic would get him past the blood suckers
You just got to wonder about the intelligence of someone who would try to smuggle garlic.
What’s next, Chinese brussel sprouts?
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