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Russian police stumble upon massive caviar bust
http://www.dw.com/en/russian-police-stumble-upon-massive-caviar-bust/a-18807904After stopping a speeding hearse on an east Russian highway, police found a half-ton stash of caviar inside. Russian authorities have struggled against illegal fishing, with caviar producing fish nearly depleted.
Russian police stumble upon massive caviar bust
27.10.2015
The hearse was said to be heading north from a road near the far-eastern city of Khabarovsk, not far from the Chinese border, Russia's Interior Ministry reported on Tuesday.
When police looked inside of the vehicle they saw - hidden under wreaths - plastic containers filled with caviar. They then opened the hearse's casket, only to find more caviar. Five hundred kilograms (1,100 pounds) were seized in total.
Two men working for a funeral director were in the car. They claim to have been duped, hired by a man near Khabarovsk who asked them to take his diseased female relative to a city morgue.
They were offered 25,000 rubles ($400) for the task.
