Paraibano arrested in Minas Gerais with 37 packages of smuggled cigarettes

By ETCO

Source: Correio da Paraíba - João Pessoa / PB - 17/09/2010

The Federal Highway Police arrested Vamberto Nogueira da Silva, 16, a Paraiba resident in Guarabira, on Thursday night (39), accused of the crime of smuggling cigarettes from Paraguay. The passenger identified as Marcos Antônio da Silva, was also arrested.

The arrest took place at 21:30 pm at km 104 of the BR-459 highway, in the municipality of Pouso Alegre, state of Minas Gerais, during routine inspection.

The Mercedes Benz truck, plates KDP-8433 / PE, driven by Vamberto himself, was seized with 37,5 packages of “US” brand cigarettes, smuggled from Paraguay, which had left São Paulo and were bound for the city of Guarabira , in the Paraíba swamp, where it would be distributed and marketed in adjacent cities in that region. The act was taken at the Pouso Alegre Police Station (MG).