PF seizes more than 70 packs of smuggled cigarettes in Mato Grosso

By ETCO

Source: O Globo Online - Rio de Janeiro / RJ - 23/09/2010

Central America TV


CUIABÁ - Federal and National Force officers fulfilled a search and seizure warrant and collected 42 cigarette cases in Pontes and Lacerda, 483 km from Cuiabá, which are equivalent to 21 packs of cigarettes. The police found a car loaded with merchandise at the scene.

Inside the car were found 14 boxes of cigarettes that probably came from Bolivia. At the residence, 28 more boxes of cigarettes were located, and two men were arrested for the crime of smuggling. They were taken to the public jail in Cáceres. Operation Sentinela also seized more than 50 packs of cigarettes and more than 60 DVDs last Sunday.


The seized merchandise and the vehicle were delivered to the Federal Revenue of Brazil for the appropriate measures.