Overview
- The Intendencia de Aduana de Tumbes led the joint Perú Seguro operation with support from the Army, National Police, and Public Ministry under the local state of emergency.
- Authorities intervened two clandestine warehouses in the Aguas Verdes market, the small-vehicle terminal, and an informal crossing over the international canal.
- Sunat reported seizing 127 gas cylinders and about 810 liters of presumed Ecuadorian fuel lacking legal entry documentation, with the goods placed in customs storage for investigation.
- Clashes broke out as merchants and residents threw objects at security forces, who responded with warning shots, and no detainees or injuries had been officially reported at the time of publication.
- Sunat says contraband interventions totaled roughly $254 million from January to November 2025, a 19% year-over-year increase that frames the latest raid within a wider enforcement push.