Five hundred thousand smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of 132,000 euros were seized on Friday in two cars on motorway 3 (A3) in Maia, and drivers aged 43 and 58 were arrested, GNR said today. .
According to the Guards, the seizure came as part of a surveillance exercise aimed at controlling the movement of goods, after the military concluded that the cigarettes “did not have a special stamp necessary for their arrest, circulation and sale on the territory of the country.” there is still no document on the part of the drivers justifying their legal production, circulation and release for consumption.”
In addition to arresting two men for “fraudulent consumption” and confiscating cigarettes, GNR also confiscated “two trucks”.
“The commercial value of the tobacco seized during the inspection is about 132,000.00 euros, and if it were sold to the public, it would have caused damage to the Portuguese state by more than 93,000.00 euros as a result of the tax evasion incident in location Special Tobacco Consumption Tax (IT) and VAT,” Guard describes.
The facts have been sent to the Maya Judicial Court.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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