The Pando Police stopped a car in which 660 kilos of pork were foundwho were brought into the country illegally from Brazil.
Two men, one 32 and the other 33, were arrested for this act, reported the Canelones Police Headquarters.
The cargo was seized and after an analysis by the Bromatology Department of the Canelones Administration, the meat was donated to a dog shelter.
The seized meat was donated to a dog shelter.
When an operation is carried out in which food or products of animal or vegetable origin are seized, these are analyzed by the health authorities of the departmental administrations or by the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, to find out if they represent a risk to human health. or animal. Some foods are donated if they are in good condition and do not pose a risk, and others, those that cannot be consumed, are destroyed.
For one of the detainees, the 33-year-old, who has a criminal record for insulting the authority, the prosecutor in the case ordered a sentence of five months in prison on probation for a crime of smuggling. The other detainee regained his freedom.
Both men present domicile in the city of Melo, in Cerro Largo.
