This type of smuggling is called ant smuggling and is punishable by articles 863 and 866 of the Customs Code.
The General Directorate of Customs managed to avoid the smuggling in parcels of more than 25,000 illegally imported products during regular checks on the route, which represented a total amount of $55 million.
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The operations were in the province of Cordova at the height of the towns of mocking and Dean Funesas made public by Customs, noting that this type of contraband is called smuggling ant or drip and is punished for the articles 863 and 866 of the Custom code.


How was the contraband discovered?
The agency’s specialized agents carried out inspections about different parcels that came from the north of the country and, after requesting the corresponding documentation, the staff decided to use the customs scannera non-intrusive method of control.
When analyzing the images revealed by the Customs “scan van”, the agents identified suspicious lumps. After crossing information from the agency, it was concluded that the merchandise transported did not comply with customs legislation and it would be about products of dubious origin.
He Federal Court 2 of the City of Córdoba authorized the parcel opening those that contained covers, clothing, slippers and beddingamong other products, all without sufficient supporting documentation.
Taking into account the number of products, it is believed that they would have been illegally imported for marketing, so justice ordered to seize all cargo valued at $55 million.
After the operation, the customs agency explained that the exhaustive controls fight these actions outside the law whose purpose is to sell the merchandise in large centers of consumption.
Source: Ambito