Specialized agents of the General Directorate announced the discovery in Mendoza. The scanner detected a “suspicious” density in different parts of the truck.
Specialized agents of the General Directorate of Customs dismantled and seized the contraband of more than a thousand packages of cigarettes valued at $650,000 at the Cristo Redentor Border Center, in Mendozawhich were hidden in a truck with Argentine registration that was transporting lime and was heading towards Chile.
After the inspection of the scanner in the routine control arranged by the staff, the images showed a “suspicious” density in different parts of the truck. It was at that time that what was thought was corroborated: there 4 black boxes with a thousand packs of cigarettes. Two of the boxes were found under the driver’s mattress in the cab, and the other two were found under the chute.
After the operation, Customs agents appraised the merchandise and determined that its value amounts to $650,000. The driver was summoned to testify as a defendant in the case for smuggling.
The driver, an Argentine citizen, was summoned to testify as a defendant; Mendoza Court No. 1 intervened in the case for smuggling, which ordered the seizure of all the infringing merchandise.
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Customs seized assets valued at more than $278 million
This week the Customs also carried out raids on Jujuywithin the framework of an investigation linked to the smuggling of tires from Paraguayan and Bolivian. The procedures were ordered by the Federal Court of Guarantees of Salta from a cause in which the Salta Federal Fiscal Unit, headed by Dr. Eduardo José Villalba.
Specialized agents of the General Directorate of Customs kidnapped documentation and cell phones of interest to the cause, as well as 155 new tires of foreign origin, for trucks and vans; 20 used tires, also for trucks and vans; 12 assembled sets of used rims and tires, reaching a total of 187 covers.
Source: Ambito
