The Federal Highway Police (PRF) seized, on Tuesday afternoon (30), a van loaded with perfumes illegally imported from Uruguay. The merchandise was located in a false bottom on the floor of a tourist passenger transport van. The incident was recorded on BR 158, in Sant’Ana do Livramento, on the Western Border of the State.
Photo: PRF/Disclosure / Porto Alegre 24 hours
According to the PRF, the agents were carrying out an action against crime and cross-border crimes, when they approached a tourist van with license plates from Foz do Iguaçu (PR). In an interview with the driver, the police became suspicious of his behavior and decided to carry out a thorough search of the vehicle.
In the van, a hidden compartment prepared in the floor was located, and boxes of foreign perfumes were found, totaling a load worth R$50 thousand reais.
The driver, 44 years old, from Pranchita (PR), will be charged with the crime of embezzlement. The merchandise and the van were seized and sent to the judicial police of Sant’Ana do Livramento.
