The General Directorate of Customs reported on Saturday (20.05.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX) about a large shipment of drugs that was found using a non-intrusive control method at the border crossing between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
According to official information, the Customs Service discovered this shipment of marijuana valued at 33 million pesos in the back seat of a car, in the Tancredo Neves International Bridge, in the Triple FrontierIt happened when a man was trying to get into a Mercedes Benz, model C200, from Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, with more than 40 kilograms of cannabis hidden inside the back of the rear seat of the car.
In the midst of the usual control carried out by Customs in the place, the Floky dog He marked the vehicle and, together with his instructor and specialized agents, confirmed the presence of drugs using the scanner. It is believed that the final destination of the drugs was the Province of Buenos Aires. The driver was detained and held incommunicado by order of the federal judge of Eldorado, Judge Miguel Ángel Guerrero.
At the time Floky was carrying out the controls, his behavior suddenly changed and he acted in a manner compatible with the presence of narcotics or currency (see video). It was there that the agency's personnel proceeded to inspect by means of Using the scanner and this yielded suspicious images.
The Customs inspectors They identified the areas of the car where they were hiding the cargo, dismantled the marked areas and found most of it in the back of the rear seat, which had a false bottom where they were hiding the cannabis packages.
In total there were 41,765 kilos of marijuana, according to the results of the narcotests carried out by specialized agents of the General Customs Directorate.
The driver is Argentine, lives in the town of Montecarlo, 125 kilometers from the border crossing, and the car had an Argentine license plate.
According to the Customs Office, the detainee could be sentenced to up to 12 years in prison under the terms of Article 866 of the Customs Code.
It is recalled that Customs plays a central role in the security and facilitation of world trade, tending to secure the international logistics chain and improve foreign trade. To carry out its purpose, the entity uses non-intrusive control methods, including anti-narcotics dogs.
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