Cigarette smuggling offensive

By ETCO
22/07/2011

Source: Zero Hora - Porto Alegre / RS - 11/11/2010

A joint operation by the Federal Police, Federal Highway Police, Federal Revenue and Military Brigade dismantled gangs involved in cigarette smuggling in the state yesterday. The offensive arrested 33 people (seven in flagrante delicto) in 13 municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, most in the Northwest Region, and also in Cascavel, Paraná.

More than 300 civil servants and 119 vehicles participated in the action. The investigation resulted in more than 400 packs of cigarettes were seized, in addition to seven firearms and 47 vehicles.