PF apprehends MS cart with 800 boxes of smuggled cigarette

By ETCO

Source: O Imparcial - MA - BRAZIL - 20/05/2010

CAMPO GRANDE - The Federal Police seized this Wednesday in the Costa Rica region, 330 km from Campo Grande, 800 boxes of smuggled cigarettes from Paraguay. The product was being transported in a cart escorted by a Fiat Strada and a Ford-F 1000, in addition to being monitored by scouts in two S-10 vans.

According to the PF, all vehicles are equipped with a communication radio. The long antennae caught the attention of the policemen, who also found the train on the road strange. The five vehicles and six people arrested were sent to the Federal Police Superintendence in Campo Grande.

Each of the security guards would earn R $ 1.000 for the scout service. According to the PF, of the six people arrested, four have a history of cigarette smuggling.