RS: PF seizes 15,6 cigarettes and arrests 3 for contraband

By ETCO

Source: Terra - BRAZIL - 21/06/2010

The Federal Police (PF) seized, on Sunday, 15,6 packs of cigarettes smuggled in two vehicles. The flagrant was carried out on BR-392, near Pelotas, in Rio Grande do Sul.

As noted, the PF set up a blitz after reports that individuals linked to a contraband ring were carrying a cargo to the city. The inspection led to the seizure of a Fiest and a Prisma, loaded with cigarettes from abroad, without customs records.

Three individuals were fined in flagrante delicto and sent to the Regional Prison of Pelotas, remaining at the disposal of the Federal Justice. The seized material and vehicles were delivered to the IRS.