Seizure of cigarettes and shooting

By ETCO

Source: Zero Hora - RS - 22/10/2009

The Military Brigade seized 24,7 packs of cigarettes yesterday in Ijuí. The material was in an Omega. A man was arrested for smuggling and embezzlement and sent to the Regional Prison of Santo Ângelo.

At 5 am, PMs spotted the Omega and two Astra stopped at the Joia-Ijuí highway (RS-522). The drivers fled, followed by the PMs. There was a shooting. The cigarette and Omega were seized, and the Omega driver was arrested.