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Tarvisio: They were smuggling foreign manufactured tobacco, 58-year-old and 42-year-old arrested

Tarvisio: They were smuggling foreign manufactured tobacco, 58-year-old and 42-year-old arrested

Tarvisio: They were smuggling foreign manufactured tobacco, 58-year-old and 42-year-old arrested

The Carabinieri of the Operational and Radiomobile Nucleus of the Tarvisio Company, During an operation aimed at combating international illicit trafficking, they arrested two smugglers, of Turkish and Mongolian nationality, red-handed for having illegally imported foreign manufactured tobacco into the country.

The military, in the town of Pontebba, had noticed two cars with Swiss license plates which, having noticed their presence, they had reversed their direction in an obvious attempt to escape control. Immediately reached and stopped the cars, the military carried out the routine checks, at the end of which they were found, hidden in the trunk of one of the two cars, 200 packs of “Winston Original Red” brand cigarettes for a total weight of 40 kg.

It was found that the first vehicle, a Seat Ibiza with two Turkish citizens on board, in possession of a regular visa, aged 26 and 31 respectively, were carrying out a courier activity, the two occupants were reported at liberty.

The situation of the other two foreigners is more serious, a 58 year old and a 42 year old, married to each other, residents in Switzerland with a regular residence permit, stopped on board the second vehicle, a Ford Focus, used for the transport of tobacco, which are were arrested.

Both the car used for the transport and the tobacco were seized.

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