Arrested gangs that smuggled cigarettes on the border with Uruguay
Source: Diário de Canoas - RS, 12/08/2009
Bagé - The Federal Police Station in Bagé, with the support of the Regional Superintendence of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, of seven police stations in the interior of the State and the Federal Police Station in Foz do Iguaçu / PR, triggered this Wednesday morning , Operation Pentateuch II. The objective of the action was to dismantle two criminal groups aimed at the repeated practice of illegal acts, characterized by the acquisition, transportation, storage and distribution of cigarettes of foreign origin in the national territory, across the Brazilian border with Paraguay.
Both groups are based in Bagé, one branching in the city of Medianeira / PR and the other in cities in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre / RS.