Miss Russia detained at Vnukovo for jewelry smuggling

10:23, 07 ноября 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Baktygul OSMONALIEVA

Miss Russia and First Vice Miss World 2015 Sofia Nikitchuk was detained at Vnukovo for smuggling jewelry worth 12 million rubles. Telegram channel 112 reported.

The girl arrived in Moscow from Nice via Istanbul and went through the «green corridor» for VIPs, but she had to wait at customs inspection. Sofia Nikitchuk showed customs officers a gold Patek Philippe watch, two rings and a 750-carat Cartier necklace. She said that she did not declare the jewelry because these were her personal items.

The value of the jewelry was estimated at about 12 million rubles. The issue of initiating a criminal case for smuggling and evasion of customs duties is being decided. Sofia Nikitchuk could face up to five years in prison.

She has not yet been detained, the statement says.