Customs Agency security forces seized a contraband of eight million cigarettes hidden in a textiles freight container. The cargo entered the country by Haina Oriental Port from Miami, Florida.
Director General of Customs Enrique Ramirez was present for the opening of the freight container transported by Seaboard Marine. He was accompanied by representatives of the Dominican Association of the Cigarette Industry (Asocigar).
Security forces in the US and DR had been following the container from its departure in Miami. It contained 800 boxes of Capital brand cigarettes with 10,000 units, or eight million cigarettes. The shipment was imported in the name of Adritex whose lawyers disassociated the company from the contraband.
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Diario Libre
23 March 2017
