By Eduardo Szklarz/Diálogo
On October 22, 2021, Brazilian security forces seized nearly 10 tons of marijuana in three operations. In the first, Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) agents seized 5.5 tons of marijuana in a shed in the city of Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul state, on the border with Paraguay.
“There was only one person in charge of security in the place. [He] was arrested on the spot,” the PF said in a statement. The property was used to store drugs, which were transported by truck to the southeastern region of the country, reported the Brazilian website Capital News. The operation was carried out together with the Special Operations Battalion and Military Police Shock Battalion, both from Mato Grosso do Sul.
That same day, agents of the Federal Highway Police (PRF, in Portuguese) found 3 tons of marijuana in a tanker in Serra das Araras, in Piraí, Rio de Janeiro. The drug, divided into packages, was hidden inside the vehicle’s fuel tank, and was detected by drug sniffing dogs. Authorities captured the driver who will be charged with drug trafficking. “According to the PRF, the driver claimed that he loaded the truck in the state of Mato Grosso and was bringing the drug to the state of Rio de Janeiro,” the Brazilian website G1 reported.
Also on October 22, members of the PF, Military Police, and Civil Police seized 700 kilograms of marijuana in Foz do Iguaçu, in the Tri-border region. “The police team was patrolling the district of Santa Helena, when they...
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