The Federal Public Revenue Administration, through the General Directorate of Customs (DGA), detected 560 grams of cocaine that were hidden in a postal shipment sent from Rosario to New Zealand.
One of the dog handlers, along with his dog Floyd, was carrying out daily checks on packages being sent and received from abroad. On this occasion, he was inspecting packages on the premises of a postal company and found cocaine in one of them.
The shipment consisted of a cardboard box containing a children's book inside., which had glued to each of its hard covers two aluminum-coated bags containing cocaine.
On the other hand, in Monte Grande, a customs agent, accompanied by his dog Emma, detected 87 ecstasy pills. in a package that came from Holland and was headed to Tucumán. On this occasion, the substance was transported in a plastic wrapper that was camouflaged in a white paper envelope.
Packages that are inspected in Monte Grande, after inspection and confirmation that there are no prohibited substances inside, are sent by official mail through the “door to door” service.
Last month, Customs detected 45,3 kilos of drugs in multiple procedures carried out during controls of international parcels. In total, there were 13 postal shipments, most of which contained cocaine and marijuana; they also found ecstasy pills and methamphetamines.
The substances were detected by Customs dogs and their respective handlers, both at the postal parcel headquarters in Monte Grande and at a logistics company that is responsible for transporting packages and documents.
Customs officers discovered these drug doses hidden, generally, in paper envelopes, cardboard boxes and transparent plastic wrappers.
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