Peruvian authorities have seized two consignments of cigarettes smuggled into the country through the southern Puno region on the border with Bolivia for use in The total value is more than 1.9 million US dollars, or about 32 million 800 thousand Mexican pesos.
Illegal goods were disguised in two trucks and seized in two operations The newspaper’s website said that this week the National Police and Customs Office in Puno mail.
Authorities say illegal goods Apparently he’s from Paraguay Represents over 2.5 million soles (approx. 11,000,814,230 pesos) Taxes not levied by the Peruvian state.
It is reported that, I also get no graphic warnings Nor is it information required by Andean national legislation.
According to the newspaper, the first intervention was carried out by the fiscal police, who Batch of illegal cigarettes seized On the truck, nearly 2.5 million soles worth.
The operation was carried out in the community of Caculla, located inand the towns of Huancané and Mohoin Puno.
General Enrique Felipe Monroy, head of Puno’s 10th Police Region, added that in the second operation, a criminal organization was charged with tampered with the identification plate of the truck and a water tank to camouflage boxes containing different brands of cigarettes.
During the intervention, a man and a woman allegedly associated with the organization were arrested and they provided to the Office of the Prosecutor on suspicion of smuggling.
Correo said international firm Kantar World Panel noted, Smuggled cigarettes account for 56% of the market for these products in PeruAs a result, six out of ten cigarettes consumed in the country are illegal and not taxed.
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