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Federal police in Brazil said Tuesday they were cracking down on an international network of drug traffickers with a mega-operation targeting cocaine smuggling between South America and Europe.
Police said they were arresting 50 people and seizing seven planes, five helicopters, 42 trucks and 35 properties linked to suspects accused of trafficking tonnes of cocaine to Europe and within Brazil.
The raids were carried out across 13 Brazilian states following an investigation launched in 2018 together with Britain's National Crime Agency, police said in a statement.
The authorities have also frozen 100 million reals ($18.3 million) in assets as part of the operation, it said.
Cont'd:
https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/08/19/brazil-police-break-up-global-drug-ring-in-mega-raid.html
Police said they were arresting 50 people and seizing seven planes, five helicopters, 42 trucks and 35 properties linked to suspects accused of trafficking tonnes of cocaine to Europe and within Brazil.
The raids were carried out across 13 Brazilian states following an investigation launched in 2018 together with Britain's National Crime Agency, police said in a statement.
The authorities have also frozen 100 million reals ($18.3 million) in assets as part of the operation, it said.
Cont'd:
https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/08/19/brazil-police-break-up-global-drug-ring-in-mega-raid.html
