The General Directorate of Customs (DGA) seized 95 tons of wheat and birdseed, valued at more than 5 million pesos, in the border town of Profesor Salvador Mazza, Salta (Argentina), for lacking the documentation required by the Customs Code, official sources reported.
According to the DGA statement released on Sunday (12.02.2023), it was “a coordinated Customs operation in the vicinity of the border town of Profesor Salvador Mazza, which resulted in the seizure of 64.940 kg of wheat and 30.000 kg of birdseed.” Such merchandise lacked the necessary documentation for this.
In the operation that took place in the border town with Bolivia, Professor Salvador Mazza (specifically, at the traffic control at the intersection of national routes 34 and 81), Customs first detected A truck loaded with 35.000 kg of wheat The truck was found to be lacking a grain consignment note, the mandatory electronic document that covers the transport of cereals, oilseeds and their derivatives. “This, a vital tool in the fight against smuggling, is the mandatory electronic document that covers the transport of cereals, oilseeds and their derivatives. Given the proximity of the truck in question to the Bolivian border, it is presumed that the illicit cargo was destined for the neighboring country,” said the DGA.
In another control (on National Route 34) it was detected another truck loaded with 30.000 kg of birdseed.
According to Customs, "the transporter showed a grain consignment note to support the transit to Salvador Mazza, but it had multiple inconsistencies: on the one hand, there was no address identified in the aforementioned town and, on the other, the supplier and the recipient had inconsistencies in registration, activity and financial solvency."
Finally, on the outskirts of the aforementioned city of Salta, customs personnel detected another Truck loaded with 29.940 kg of wheatIn this case, it also carried a grain consignment note, but it was outside the destination route and address indicated in the documentation.
Thus, the agency headed by Guillermo Michel decided to ban the means of transport and their cargo for alleged violation of the Customs Code.
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