Brazilian police seize a ton of cocaine that would be transported abroad

Brazilian authorities today seized a ton of cocaine that was about to be sent abroad from the state of Maranhão, the Federal Police said. “In the action, four individuals were located who were in possession of about 1 ton of cocaine. All were arrested in the act,” reads the statement regarding the operation against international drug trafficking in a city bordering São Luís, the capital of Maranhão. The investigation showed that the group was pr…

Brazilian authorities seized about a ton of cocaine that four people were preparing for shipment abroad from the state of Maranhão, in the impoverished northeastern part of the country, official sources reported on Wednesday. The four individuals were arrested on Tuesday ‘in fragranti’ in a town bordering São Luís, the capital of Maranhão, as part of an operation against international drug trafficking, according to the Federal Police in a note. …