Brazil Seizes 8 Tons Of
Marijuana
RIO DE JANEIRO -
Brazilian police seized
8 tons of marijuana
Friday morning in Sao
Jose das Palmeiras, in
southern Parana state
near the Paraguayan
border.
Acting on an anonymous
tip-off, police found
the drugs hidden in the
back of a truck. It was
the largest drug haul in
the state this year.
Two persons were
arrested and charged
with drug trafficking.
They face a five to
15-year prison sentence
if convicted.
The raid was part of
Operation Fronteira
(Border), launched by
state police to stop
drug trafficking and
smuggling in the Itaipu
Lake area on the
Paraguayan border.
|
