“Two [Russian] smugglers — who also tried to ship out silver antiques, fossils, semi-precious stones, microscopes and old books in the suspect cargo — were initially charged with making a false declaration on their customs form. Only after a three-month investigation did officials discover that the mystery lumps were fragments from outer space and the men part of a larger crime ring including experts and scientists, Ledovskikh said. ‘They were part of an organized criminal gang. They had worked out a plan in advance to smuggle out of Russian territory… two meteorite chunks”
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