Police have seized 460 kilograms of black caviar in a raid at the Chkalovskaya airbase near Moscow.
The haul was confiscated in a joint operation by personnel from the Russian Interior Ministry and the Federal Security Service.
It is reported the sturgeon caviar was delivered to the Chkalovskaya military airbase by a Tu-154 plane from Khabarovsk.
During an examination of the plane`s cargo section and passenger luggage, the batch was discovered in metal and plastic containers.
The materials have been sent for analysis to institute a criminal case.
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