India, May 19 -- According to Poland's National Revenue Administration (NRA), Polish customs authorities have prevented a major contraband attempt today and confiscated a cargo load of tires intended for civilian Boeing aircraft that were being attempted to smuggle to Russia through Belarus.

The NRA reported that during a truck inspection in Koroszczyn located on Poland's eastern border, adjacent to the Belarusian city of Brest, customs officers discovered that instead of declared tires for cars and buses, the driver was carrying aircraft tires meant for Boeing passenger planes.

"The sender of the goods was a company from Spain, and the recipient was from Azerbaijan. Criminal fiscal proceedings were initiated in connection with customs...