Smuggling in the north, police seize 600kg of tomatoes

600kg of tomatoes for which there were no surveillance documentation were trying to illegally enter Kosovo from Serbia last night in Leposaviq, exactly at 21:55.

Border Police have also announced the case, and the case has been initiated in regular procedure.

According to the Kosovo Police, two Bosnian nationals ran the van, with Serbian citizenship. The case was opened as the banned <x0gt>x1>.

“Reported that the police unit has detained two Bosniak national suspects from Serbia, who with one nation transported about 600kg of tomatoes without lead documentation. At the prosecutor's decision in the case is initiated in regular procedure”, Kosovo Police have announced.

News has also been broadcast in Serbian media. KoSSev reports the arrest of two Serbian citizens with 600kg of tomatoes without lead documentation until the same was broadcast by FoNet news agency.

Middle of this month, in the north was talked about a “humanitarian crisis”, following the 100 per cent tax Kosovo has imposed on goods coming in from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kosovo institutions denied that there is a crisis of lack of food and hygiene items in the north, accusing Serbia of playing and insisting on a peace crisis.

On the other hand, local Serbs have claimed that “do not buy other products, except such as Serbian”.

Kosovo government put them in November 2018 Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina saw 100 per cent tariff measures for goods they want to import into Kosovo. Politically, this has become an obstacle to continuing dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels, since the Serbian state has conditioned continued dialogue with the removal of the tax. Ramush Haradinaj has resigned from the post of first executive, and the tax issue has included it in the letter of resignation, saying that “Kosovo gives the market for Serbia only in exchange for recognition”.