Tag: customs

• Monday, March 30th 2026 - 01:13 UTC

  Drug parcels from the US intercepted in Uruguay; two convicted on trafficking charges

  

  Uruguay's National Customs Directorate reported the arrest and conviction of two people on drug trafficking charges following a series of operations at Carrasco International Airport, on the outskirts of Montevideo, involving the interception of international parcels and passenger screening.

• Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

  Bolivian Customs is going to die, says President Paz

  

  Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira announced Wednesday that his administration would eliminate tariffs on all technological products not manufactured domestically to lower consumer costs, fighting smuggling, and boosting national production.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 09:20 UTC

  Falkland Islands reduced access to Customs and Immigration

  

  The Falkland Islands Customs and Immigration would like to inform the public that due to staff illness, they will be closed to visits from the general public until Thursday 9 February.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Paraguay reports new customs surplus but health authorities need more money to face the pandemic

  

  Revenues for May at Paraguay's Customs Directorate (DNA) were estimated at around US $ 132 million, which represents its fourth consecutive month of surplus so far this year, it was reported.

• Monday, September 10th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Cocaine in wool bales exported to Europe, discovered in the port of Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan navy, coast guard and customs have uncovered a major operation to smuggle cocaine “bricks” hidden in wool bales, in a container, from the port of Montevideo to Antwerp, Belgium. The volume discovered according to the Navy report amounts to 417 kilos of high quality cocaine hydrochloride and is considered one of the largest recent successes in the fight against the narcotics gangs.