170 kilos of cocaine siezed at Port of Paranaguá

In the early hours of February 2, an anonymous tip passed on to the police resulted in the arrest of two men and the seizure of 170 kilos of cocaine at the Port of Paranaguá container terminal. The pair were caught in the act while they were loading the bags of drugs into a container.

After receiving the tip, the police began watching a truck that would carry a container at the port terminal. Inside the courtyard, the driver’s assistant stepped out of the cabin carrying five travel bags loaded with cocaine bricks. At that moment, the police who were monitoring the pair caught the suspects as they were placing the bags in a container; both were arrested on the spot.

In addition to the two arrests, the five travel bags with the cocaine bricks were also seized; together, they weighed about 170 kg.

The two prisoners and the seized drugs were sent to the police station in Paranaguá.

The arrest carried out at dawn on Tuesday was the first arrest this year. Last year, joint actions carried out by the police and federal revenue service seized more than 7 tons of cocaine at the Port of Paranaguá container terminal.

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