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More than 130,000 Bolivians were seized in lentils, chili and oats, coming from Peru, products that were transported in a truck through the Tilata area, in El Alto, and were intercepted during the intelligence work carried out by the Bolivian National Customs.
The food was seized by the Immediate Customs Reaction Group (GRIA), after intelligence actions and monitoring of the truck that entered from the neighboring country, with the merchandise in sacks and without documents that support the legality of its importation.
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When contraband food or perishable goods are brought in, they do not have health records, so they could cause harm to the health of the population that consumes them, in addition to affecting the economy and national producers, says a press release of the Bolivian National Customs.
Anti-smuggling data
From January to the first week of March, more than 1,830 control operations were carried out and illegal merchandise valued at 114.5 million bolivianos was seized.
Among the most seized illegal merchandise are: motor vehicles, with a value of 11.8 million bolivianos; foods such as grains and cereals, valued at almost 963,500 bolivianos; beverages, with more than 612,500 bolivianos, and chemical and cosmetic products with an amount of 507,800 bolivianos.
In the case of the department of La Paz, more than 28.6 million Bolivians in illegal merchandise were seized, through 511 operations on strategic routes and border points.
