08/15/2020 - 13:29
- Clarín.com
- Police
Until the first days of August, the sum reached 80 million pesos, between national money, dollars and gold. All the operations are part of a wave that even for the national authorities is a "novelty", since the phenomenon took a lot of force in the middle of the coronavirus quarantine.
The National Gendarmerie kidnapped, in two other raids carried out in Formosa and Salta, another important sum of money that the people who were carrying it could not specify its origin.
At a checkpoint on National Route 11, at the "Gendarme Fermín Rolón" post under Squadron 16 "Clorinda", a Paraguayan-flag truck was stopped at kilometer 1286. The vehicle was carrying a load of bananas and was on the Asunción route. (Paraguay) -Buenos Aires.
At the beginning of the search, the gendarmes detected under the driver's seat a gold ingot with a total weight of 1,360 grams and in the pockets of a jacket of 500 dollars, 1,661,000 guaraníes and two cell phones. Reaching a total of $ 7,154,000.
Silver and gold were taken in a truck that loaded bananas to Buenos Aires.
The Federal Court No. 1 of Formosa instructed a case for violation of Law 22,415 "Customs Code", while the driver was subject to the investigation, but was not arrested.
In another procedure, in the Section "Senda Hachada" dependent on Squadron 52 "Tartagal", Salta, a cargo transport was stopped at kilometer 1375 of the RN 34 that made the route Tartagal-Salta capital.
After the search, boxes with bundles of banknotes were found, without the documentation proving their legal origin. In total, $ 1,959,990. The Federal Prosecutor's Office of Oran intervened, which ordered the seizure of the money and that the driver is also under investigation.
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