The National Customs Service reported this Friday (27.10.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX) that the Two new scanner trucks that is being acquired for the Tarapacá Region are already in the “test run” process.
The statement says that this stage was supervised by a delegation of authorities headed by the National Director of Customs, Alejandra Arriaza, the Regional Presidential Delegate, Daniel Quinteros, and the Regional Director of the Iquique Customs, Cristian Molina.
These Non-Invasive Technology (TNI) teams were financed through resources transferred from the Ministry of the Interior within the framework of the More Security Plan, with a total investment of $6.400 billion, and will be destined for the advance of El Loa –internal Customs control on the border with the Antofagasta Region- and to the Colchane border crossing, on the border with Bolivia.
After the visit the National Director of Customs He said: “It is with great satisfaction that we have implemented one of the most important aspects of the strengthening that Customs is doing in the fight against organized crime. We have presented the authorities with the white march of the scanner trucks that will allow us to wage a stronger fight and strengthen the work that our officials do every day.”
Along the same lines, Alejandra Arriaza Loeb explained that before going to their destinations, the trucks must complete the testing process. “The trucks are in a trial phase to complete their reception process and then they will begin to operate at the different control points in the region with priority both at the border and at the port,” she said.
Its operation was also known by the Regional Prosecutor, Raúl Arancibia, the Provincial Presidential Delegate of Tamarugal, Camila Castillo, and the mayor of Iquique, Mauricio Soria.
For his part, Regional Presidential Delegate (DPR), Daniel Quinteros highlighted the good news that implies the progress in the bidding process for the scanner trucks destined for the Tarapacá region.
“Today we are equipping the region and its borders with TNI, which allows for better monitoring, which allows for the detection of weapons, drugs, contraband, and various crimes that have been prioritized by the Policy against Organized Crime and which in the region has 71 specific measures, and this is one of them, and thus, we are moving forward to continue strengthening the capacities of the institutions,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, regional prosecutorRaúl Arancibia stressed that the arrival of the two scanner trucks "has meant the realization of a very strong desire that all the authorities had been pointing out due to the need to better control smuggling, arms trafficking and everything that can circulate across our border."
The purchase of the trucks is part of the strengthening of Customs' inspection processes, with investments to renew the TNI and the constant training of its nearly 2 officials throughout Chile.
It is important to note that Customs inspects 100% of the cargo entering our country through documentary analysis, intelligence and risk profiling. After this, it is determined whether it is scanned, goes on to physical inspection (calibration) or continues with the import process. In this way, scanner trucks are one more tool in all the inspection work.
Smuggling worth more than 600 million pesos
During the on-site inspection of both trucks, a procedure carried out by inspectors of the National Customs Service was discovered, who intercepted a million-dollar Smuggling cigarettes in a truck loaded with ulexite (fertilizer). The procedure was carried out at the Colchane border crossing and led to the seizure of 260 packs of Carnival Blu, Hills and Blu brands.
El Director Iquique Customs Regional Office, Cristian Molina Silva, pointed out that the use of non-invasive technology is enhanced by the experience of inspectors on the ground and the information prepared by the Risk Analysis Units. “In this context, trucks and loads are profiled for special inspections as in this case. Through X-ray technology, processes are accelerated and greater security is provided to the logistics chain,” and added: “the smuggling attempted to evade taxes for more than $636 million pesos “and both the load and the vehicle were seized pending the respective judicial resolutions,” he said.
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