Joint operation of the Tax Agency and the National Police

• The tobacco was prepared for distribution throughout the national territory.
• Two people have been arrested as alleged perpetrators of a smuggling crime

April 19, 2023.- Customs Surveillance officials from the Tax Agency in Córdoba and agents from the National Police of Écija have carried out a joint operation in which 500 kilos of rolling tobacco have been seized and two people have been arrested as alleged perpetrators of an alleged crime of smuggling.

The investigation began several months ago when suspicious movements of a resident of the Seville town of Écija were detected. These movements revealed the possibility that he was transporting the illicit goods to the Cordoba town of Montilla.

The investigation culminated in the operation carried out by both bodies on March 22 in the Cordoba town of Montilla, when a rental van was intercepted at the moment in which the driver was going to unload the goods he was transporting, some 500 kilos of tobacco, which would be distributed throughout the national territory.

Subsequently, and as a result of investigations carried out by the agents, a second individual, also related to the events, was located and arrested.

The value of the seized illicit goods amounts to 69,440 euros.

Both the seized items and the two detainees have been placed at the disposal of the on-duty Court of Instruction in the town of Montilla.

The investigation is still ongoing, so more arrests cannot be ruled out in the coming days.