DOF seizes 111,5 cigarettes

By ETCO

Source: Correio do Estado - MS - 02/08/2009

Three paths with 111,5 packages of cigarettes were seized by police from the Border Operations Department, on a side road from Iguatemi. The cargo is estimated at approximately R $ 1,1 million and three people were arrested for smuggling. The policemen had arrived at the trucks after receiving an anonymous report. Smugglers managed to escape. The police managed to arrest José Pereira da Silva, from Cuiabá (MT), Anderson Luiz da Silva and Cíntia Marques Israel, from Iguatemi.