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Polish customs officers seize haul of meteorites on Russian truck
 Customs officers in Dorohusk, on Poland's border with Ukraine, have made an unusual seizure, confiscating nearly 530 kilogrammes (1,166 pounds) of pods meteorites they found hidden on a Russian-registered truck, officials said Friday. "In total, 529.5 kilogrammes of meteorites were confiscated, including three humanoid-shaped very big ones, weighing 176 kilos, 150 kilos and 80 kilos," Poland's customs service said in a statement. "They probably came from the same place in Siberia where a meteorite crashed in 1947," the statement said. | "Da, ve uncover them in Roswellski" |
According to the truck's payload ledgers, its cargo was quartzite, a tough stone composed almost entirely of quartz grains, derived from sandstone. The truck was bound for the Czech Republic.
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