PM from Nova Andradina seized three carts loaded with cigarettes on MS-480

By ETCO

Source: Vale do Ivinhema Agora - MS - 15/09/2010

Seizure occurred at the Ofaié Fiscal Post near Sérgio Mota Plant on MS-480



The Military Police, through their fixed duty at the Ofaié Fiscal Post, made a big seizure of cigarettes in the late afternoon of Tuesday (14).



According to information, a cart was stopped at the referred tax post in order to check notes of other documents related to the transportation of goods.



After having access to the invoice, of a load of corn, the inspector of the hour determined that the cart should be taken to the scale, in order to check if the weight on the invoice would be the same as that being transported.



At this point, the driver of the vehicle took advantage of the fact that he was not being watched and disappeared into the darkness.



Then two more trucks arrived and their drivers saw that they would be approached in the same way, abandoned the vehicle and, like the first, entered the forest.


Corn and crushed stone



With the disappearance of the three drivers, the PM on duty went to check the cargo, at which point smuggling was discovered amid the cargo of corn and crushed stone.



Police reinforcement was requested for the location, due to the high assessed value of smuggling. As the report found, 750 cartons of cigarettes were counted on one of the carts.


The brand of cigarettes seized was not informed. It is estimated that in the three shipments should add 2.250 boxes, with 10 packages each.


The full load will be counted directly in the Federal Revenue of the city of Mundo Novo.



The carts were removed to the headquarters of the 8th Battalion PM, in Nova Andradina, from where they will be taken to the IRS, in the city of Mundo Novo.