POI seizes more than 400,000 smuggled cigarette packs in the north
IPO officials working on the North Frontier Plan detected 11 vehicles carrying 407,480 packs of smuggled cigarettes in the Cerro La Taira sector, located to the west of calama commune, in the mountainous area of El Loa Province (Antofagasta Region). Commissioner Héctor Páez of the Anti-Narcotics Brigade stressed that the operation not only allowed the seizure of smuggled cigarettes and vehicles, but also the detention of four people, including a minor. " (It) manages to detect in the vicinity of Cerro La Taira 11 vehicles, which were guarded three by Bolivian citizens, of which one was underage (...) and a Chilean citizen. The vehicles contained cartons of cigars that are not marketed in Chi...
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