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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 09:13 UTC

Tag: border patrol

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

    Fort Lauderdale Customs and Border Patrol catch Venezuelan smugglers of gold

    
“CBP officers observed loose rivets on the nose compartment of the airplane,” read the criminal complaint against the Venezuelans, filed in US district court

    Two Venezuelans have been charged in US federal court with allegedly smuggling US$5 million worth of gold bars into the United States in a private airplane. Jean Carlos Sanchez Rojas and Victor Fossi Grieco, who piloted the airplane, were arrested on Sep 20 at Florida's Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport after US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents discovered the undeclared cargo in the airplane's nose.