RIO DE JANEIRO — Authorities in the town of Barra do Garças, Brazil, arrested a 20-year-old woman carrying three kilograms of cocaine hidden inside chocolate truffles, Saturday.
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Police in Sao Paulo state arrested three men Wednesday and seized a 1.2 kilogram brick of cocaine emblazoned with the Apple logo. Campinas police explained that traffickers often use images or logos of famous … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Police at the Recife International Airport arrested a 23-year-old Brazilian hairdresser carrying nearly a kilogram of cocaine in her stomach Friday. According to police, they arrested the woman at around 10 p.m. as she … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Seven former Brazilian justice ministers announced that they now support decriminalizing drugs for personal use. The ministers, who served during the Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administrations presented their arguments … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Federal Police (PF) seized 85 kilograms of pure cocaine Thursday at a checkpoint on the BR-020 highway in Formosa, Goias. Police say the drugs, bound for the Federal District, would be sold during Carnaval … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – The city of Rio de Janeiro will soon begin compulsory hospitalization of adult crack addicts, according to the newspaper “O Dia.” According to the report, the city will remand crack users to local hospitals … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Federal Highway Police (PRF) in central Brazil seized nearly 10 thousand packages of illegal drugs in two cars, early Monday morning. Police busted the traffickers on the BR-050, near Cumari, 258 kilometers from Goiania, … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Police in Sao Paulo state arrested two octogenarian men over the weekend, in separate incidents of bad behavior. Police say one of the men trafficked cocaine and the other hired a pair of child … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Correctional officers in northeastern Brazil captured a house cat carrying contraband items into a prison last Sunday. Officials at the facility in Alagoas state said the cat carried hacksaw blades, drill bits, a cellphone … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Police in the Amazonas state capital, Manaus, arrested a young woman Saturday carrying 2.5 kilograms of pure cocaine hidden in her push-up bra and bound to her body. The woman had arrived on a … Continue reading
Brazil Crime News SAO PAULO – Civil Police arrested a 64-year-old drug dealer known as ‘Granny Crack,’ Friday morning in central Sao Paulo, reported online media. Police, armed with a search warrant, entered the woman’s apartment and found 100 rocks … Continue reading
Brazil News SAO PAULO, Brazil – Federal Police arrested three foreigners last night trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country. Agents at the Cumbica International Airport in Guarulhos, São Paulo caught a Romanian dancer, a Nigerian salesman and a … Continue reading
Brazil News SAO PAULO – Federal Police on Friday found 7 kg of cocaine hidden inside light fixtures at Guarulhos International Airport. Drug sniffing dogs located the contraband during routine baggage screening at the airport. Cocaine hidden in light fixtures … Continue reading
Brazil News | BRASILIA – Federal Police, for the first time in the Federal District, seized cocaine in liquid form. The drugs came from Peru and were being taken to Africa, according to police. Liquid Cocaine (Photo: G1)
Brazil News PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Federal Police (PF) in southern Brazil arrested a 55-year-old Spanish man trying to board a flight bound for Lisbon. According to the PF, agents at Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande … Continue reading
