A smuggling of high -end cell phones for a value of 63 thousand dollars (equivalent to S/ 237 thousand) detected the police personnel of the Estique Pampa district in a vehicle that passed through the Tacna – Tarata road and was going to go to Puno.
In the Toyota Gray Color T6T-189 brand truck driven by Crisóstomo Llanos Caxi (47), a native of Puno, the mobile equipment of foreign origin was found inside black plastic bags. The prosecutor specialized in customs crimes Ángel Gutiérrez Enriquez ordered the preliminary arrest of the driver and a companion for alleged customs crime (smuggling).
They believed that police control would be lower
At 4:30 p.m., the T6T-189 vehicle arrived at the front of the Estique Pampa police station, since it was traveling through the Tacna-Tarata road in the direction of south to north (Tacna A Tarata or Puno), and a policeman realized that the two men men evidenced nervousness and decided to check the vehicle.
Police discovered that the T6T-189 vehicle with the two crew and the merchandise was going to go to the highlands through that road, thinking of its occupants that by the Good Friday holiday they would not have problems on the road.
Merchandise is valued at 237 thousand soles
In the vehicle new cell phones were found in boxes. The chrysostom driver Llanos was accompanied by his brother Tito Llanos Caxi (51). At 7:30 p.m., the staff of the Tacna Customs Intendance for the verification, counting and seizure of the merchandise came.
In the posterior and trunk seat of the truck, 117 cell phones were found Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G, little X7Pro and Samsung Galaxy without the documentation that proves its origin. Customs made yesterday the capacity of the seized merchandise and concluded that its commercial value is greater than S/ 237 thousand and exceeds the 4 tax units (ITU) to be considered as a crime of smuggling.
