The General Directorate of Customs made the discovery of four trucks that transported more than 130 tons of soybeanswith an approximate value of US$20 million, and that they lacked the necessary documentation during control operations carried out in the province of jump.
The inspection took place when three trucks passed through a control that Customs was doing in collaboration with the National Gendarmerie on National Route 34, near Caraparí.
During the operation, the customs agents requested the corresponding documentation from the three driversbut inconsistencies were found in the docs in relation to the final destination of the cargo. Due to the proximity of the trucks to the Bolivian border, it is presumed that the illicit cargo was destined for that countryas reported by Customs in a statement.
Faced with this situation, the agents informed the Prosecutor’s Office Decentralized from Tartagal, which ordered the retention of vehicles and cargo. After final inspection, it was confirmed that it was 109,320 kilograms of soybeanswith a value of $16,082,475.20.
Customs: other seizure
Customs also reported that other findings were mades during another routine inspection on National Route 34, near Senda Hachada. In that place, a truck was found that was heading to the border town of Salvador Mazawhich presented inconsistencies in the documentation provided to customs personnel.
When reviewing the documentation, the agents detected Irregularities in the data of the Electronic Consignment Note, which indicated that the transport of the merchandise was not adequately supported. Since the truck was near the border with Bolivia, it is also suspected that the illicit cargo was destined for that country.
Faced with this situation, customs officials informed the headquarters of the Tartagal Decentralized Prosecutor’s OfficeThey completed the corresponding reports and retained the vehicle with the merchandise. The truck was carrying 29,970 kilograms of soybeans, with an estimated value of US$4,408,999.08.
This waythe total value of the merchandise seized at both control points, which added a total of 139.29 tons of soybeans, amounted to $20,491,474.28.
Source: Ambito
