2023-07-18 17:52:00
At the Córdoba International Airport, thanks to the customs scanner, they detected a woman who tried to irregularly import alternative medicine products from Brazil without the authorization of Anmat.
From Customs they reported that it was a routine control where Customs agents detected a suspicious load in the luggage of a woman who was returning from São Paulo, Brazil.
There were undeclared medical supplies: the Argentine citizen carried capsules, droppers and ampoules for alternative medicine treatments, valued at $600,000 There were undeclared medical supplies: the Argentine citizen carried capsules, droppers and ampoules for alternative medicine treatments, valued at $600,000
“Through a non-intrusive control with the customs scanner, the staff identified packages that caught their attention and proceeded to open the suitcase. Indeed, there were undeclared medical supplies: the Argentine citizen carried capsules, droppers and ampoules for alternative medicine treatments, valued at $600,000Hence, the amount of products found allows us to presume that they were being imported for commercial purposes,” they indicated.
The merchandise also did not have the proper certification from the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (Anmat), for which it qualified as prohibited.
Various operations in the country
Customs reported that they seized merchandise valued at $2,190,472 from a woman who tried to cross into her country of origin with 36,952 tablets of different drugs, including 3,000 clonazepam pills.
The control took place at the La Fraternidad Footbridge, which connects Clorinda with Nanawa, Paraguay.
“He had shown up at customs control with three plastic bags that, he alleged, contained merchandise for personal use. However, upon inspecting the cargo, customs agents found, mixed among the passenger’s belongings, a large quantity of medicines for hospital use and prescription sales.”they pointed out, and specified that “the woman exclaimed, nervous, that the maneuver was covered by the Border Neighborhood Traffic Regime, when this is not the case: the regulations establish that for this the transported medicines must respond to personal treatment, and precisely Taking into account the number of tablets he was carrying, it is presumed that the movement was for commercial purposes,” they explained.
Viagra and painkillers
On the other hand, an international transit control discovered that a man wanted to cross into Uruguay with undeclared medicines.
In this case, within the framework of regular inspections at the “Libertador General San Martin” International Bridge, which connects Gualeguaychú with Fray Bentos, customs agents discovered that an Argentine citizen was trying to cross into Uruguay with undeclared medicines.
It involved 637 boxes of medicines, among which were viagra, analgesics, anti-inflammatories, decongestants, antispasmodics, anti-allergy, antifungals and moisturizing creams.
“The maneuver is a transgression to the Baggage Regime, contemplated in article 979 of the Customs Code, for which the Customs personnel decided to seize the merchandise valued at more than $200,000,” they assured from Customs.
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