Following a major seizure of 11 cars on Saturday, Norwegian Customs call for a better surveillance of the Norwegian border with Sweden, Finland and Russia.
There are now 17 manned border crossings, while 80 are unmanned.
In a major operation on the border with Sweden, at Svinesund early Saturday morning the customs officers stopped a group of 11 vehicles, which contained a total of 10,600 litres of beer, 900 litres of liquor and 118,000 cigarettes.
11 persons were arrested. The police suspect that the group is part of a well organized smugling ring, making frequent trips to Norway.
Several of the cars were equipped with modified suspension, making the cars appear empty, while in fact some weighed several tons each.
The Customs Service now wants to store information about cars from closed circuit TV cameras on the border for a whole year. According to present regulations, this information has to be erased after just one hour.
(NRK/Aftenposten)
