Federal Agents Seize 45 Rare Foreign Wines in Paraná Stop

Overview

• Receita Federal agents stopped a car on BR-277 in São Miguel do Iguaçu and seized 45 foreign wine bottles in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 6.
• Inspectors found the wines lacked the fiscal documents required to prove legal entry into Brazil, and officials gave a preliminary value of about R$ 500,000.
• The vehicle carried five people — two couples and one adolescent, all from Foz do Iguaçu — and the driver told agents he was transporting the bottles for a friend in São Paulo.
• The wines and the vehicle were sent to the Receita Federal customs office (Alfândega) in Foz do Iguaçu and no arrests were made at the scene.
• Receita Federal will formalize fiscal and penal representations to send to the Ministério Público, a step that can lead to prosecution or administrative penalties and reflects tighter checks near the Brazil–Paraguay border.