Inmates suspected of trying to export 360 kg of cocaine through the Port of Santos

A joint operation of the Federal Revenue Service, the Federal Police, and the Special Actions Battalion of the Military Police of São Paulo (BAEP) in the Port of Santos arrested three people for international drug trafficking in the early hours of December 15th. According to the authorities, 360 kg of cocaine were seized, which were to be taken to Nigeria.

According to Santos customs, at dawn, a suspicious truck driver movement, identified by surveillance cameras from the Port of Santos, triggered the Federal Police and the IRS to verify and monitor the situation. When the truck left the port terminal, it was approached by the teams. In addition to the truck driver, two individuals were hiding in the compartment where the driver’s bed is located. Three container seals were also found.

In the container where the seals should have been, the teams found 360 kg of cocaine in tablets inside black bags. The container chosen for the drug to be transported by traffickers was destined for Nigeria but would tranship at the port of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, Spain.

According to the IRS, considering the characteristics observed in the action, the suspicion is that the criminal technique occurred in which the drug is inserted in a legal cargo without the knowledge of exporters and importers.

The trio was taken to the federal police station in Santos, where the case will be investigated with the support of the other institutions involved in the operation.

Source: G1

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