07/25/2021 4:47 PM
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Police
Updated 07/25/2021 4:47 PM
The prefects who patrolled the border area in Misiones, on the banks of the Paraná River, were struck by a group of people unloading packages.
Thus, a
parallel customs office
was discovered
operating in a place known as
Puerto Topo
:
four detainees
.
In the parallel customs, which worked in a fifth, there were
83 people
when the Prefecture carried out the operations to disrupt the organization.
All were notified about the start of the judicial process, sources from the Force specified.
In other words, they were
released
but subject to the cause.
Aerial view of the 12 million pesos in illegal merchandise.
In addition, they discovered not only illegal merchandise for
12 million pesos,
but also that the gang that administered the clandestine operations managed a
parking lot
, tariff tables for the entry and exit of merchandise to and from the country, and even
private
security
.
It all started when the prefects guarding a border area located at kilometer 1,736 of the Paraná River, in Misiones, observed several people carrying packages near the coast.
According to the Prefecture, several prefects approached the place and saw three men and a woman carrying wines, personal hygiene items, food and
more than 400,000 pesos
.
They are the detainees.
Four arrested for setting up a parallel customs office on a mission farm.
Raids
"Quickly a raking began in the area and the farm was discovered, located in a place known as
Puerto Topo
, on the Paraná, where the merchandise was kept," the Prefecture explained.
Aware of the situation, Judge Alejandro Gallandat Luzuriaga, in charge of the Federal Court of Oberá, secretary of Elida Fabiana Ozuna, issued a
search warrant
for that villa.
In addition to the 83 people who were in the place and the other four detainees, the merchandise was seized, whose value exceeded 12 million pesos.
The parallel customs had private parking and security.
The prefects also
seized weapons
and an undetermined figure in guaraníes, the Paraguayan currency.
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