Overview
- Officers stopped a Volkswagen Taos returning from Paraguay at the Paso Cerrito road post on the José Gervasio Artigas highway and noticed a misaligned rear panel.
- A full requisition ordered by the Juzgado Federal de Concordia uncovered 131 phones concealed in trunk side panels and the engine area.
- The devices, of various brands and models, were seized as contraband under Argentina’s customs code.
- Authorities estimated the value of the confiscated merchandise at roughly 25 million pesos.
- Two women, ages 54 and 22, were briefly detained and later released pending the federal investigation.