Federal Police Seize Boat with 20 Packets of Cigarette in Paraná

By ETCO
30/05/2012

Source: G1 (Rio de Janeiro - RJ) - 23/05/2012

Merchandise was transported on a boat and was seized on Tuesday (22).

Boat pilot abandoned merchandise and vehicle when they saw police officers.

The Federal Police seized 20 packs of cigarettes during a smuggling crackdown, around 16 pm on Tuesday (22), on Lake Itaipu, in Itaipulândia, in western Paraná. The boat carrying the goods was also seized, in addition to a motorcycle used by the porters.

Upon noticing the approach of the federal police, the man who piloted the vessel docked on the Brazilian shore and fled through the woods, leaving the cigarette boxes behind. The products were sent to the IRS, in Foz do Iguaçu.