/ABC according to the Brazilian media, the load was transported in ten large trucks.  One person was detained. The confiscated brands are "R7" and "TE", both produced by Tabacalera del Este, owned by the President of the Republic Horacio Cartes. Some of the trucks had Paraguayan veneer and other Brazilian. The Federal Police is currently investigating the case, according to Brazilian media reports. For Brazil, the entry of contraband cigarettes from Paraguay represents one of the biggest problems for the evasion of taxes. According to data handled governmental entities of the neighboring country, only in one year, the number of seized cigarettes represented a tax evasion of 1,400 million dol... [Read more]