PRF seizes convoy carrying 4.359 packages of cigarettes
Source: Agora MS - Dourados / MS - 27/11/2009
Agents of the Federal Highway Police seized in Bataguassu, at km 21 of BR 267, at 7:30 am this Thursday, 26/11, 4.359 packages of cigarettes for being without the proper customs clearance.
The contraband was transported in vehicles that followed by train towards the State of São Paulo. 395 cigarette packages were seized in the VW / Gol Special vehicle, plate MDE 5431 / SC; 1.300 cigarette packs, in the VW / Santana vehicle, CEY 5153 / MS plate; VW / Gol Special, DLS 9087 / SP plate and 1.361 cigarette packs, in the Fiat / Stilo vehicle, DDW 0053 / SP plate.
After the agents attempted to approach them, the vehicle drivers tried to escape from a private property, and when they saw the impossibility of succeeding in the action, they abandoned the four vehicles and fled through the woods.
Occurrence referred to the Federal Police in Três Lagoas.