Source: Midia Max News - Campo Grande / MS - GENERAL - 08/11/2010

The military involved in Operation Padlock, commanded by the Western Military Command, seized on the first day of Operation Padlock a smuggled batch of fuel and even wild animals.

In the Amambaí region, a city 346 km from Campo Grande, close to the border with Paraguay, men from the 17th Motorized Cavalry Brigade seized a large number of baby parrots.

The correct number was not released, but according to the Army, baby birds were apprehended and sent to the Military Environmental Police and the perpetrators were caught in the act for environmental crime.

In Ponta Porã, the military seized three amateur radio stations used for clandestine communication. According to Colonel Cardozo, from 14 BCM, radios interfere with the communication of official bodies and can even hinder the communication of aircraft and police communication radios.

Also in Ponta Porã, 535 liters of gasoline without original invoice were seized. The fuel was being smuggled from Paraguay to Brazil and the driver of the vehicle was arrested and sent to the Federal Police of Ponta Porã.

In Dourados, twenty bales with material from contraband were seized. According to military information, the boxes contained Christmas decoration material and electronics.

The Padlock operation started last Friday (5th) and will continue until the next 14th in several points of the border region.

About two thousand men are working on closing the dry and port borders and vehicles, vessels and even aircraft are being searched.