Overview
- Naval personnel working with customs intercepted the shipment during import checks at Mexico City International Airport.
- Inspectors flagged mismatched airway bills and other documents that pointed to evasion of Mexico's Special Tax on Production and Services, which covers tobacco.
- Authorities counted 1,848,000 cigarettes with an estimated commercial value of about 9.5 million pesos.
- Customs placed the cargo in custody and referred the case to the federal prosecutor, with destruction planned once legal steps conclude.
- The action falls under an integrated airport security program that targets smuggling routes moving goods from Asia into Mexico.