Amazonas Police Seize 300 Kg of Skunk in Manaus After Monthlong Surveillance, Arrest 28-Year-Old

Overview

• Officers removed R$ 5.5 million worth of skunk stored across properties in the Paz, Alvorada, and Cidade de Deus neighborhoods.
• Police say the drug stock was being distributed in Manaus and was slated for shipment to Juruti, in western Pará.
• The suspect was stopped on November 17, when two bags of drugs were found in his vehicle and he acknowledged more were hidden at the addresses under watch.
• Delegado Guilherme Torres said the shipment originated in Cauca, Colombia, entering Amazonas through a fluvial corridor exploited by criminal groups.
• The detainee remains in custody awaiting judicial processing, as investigators work to map the trafficking network, with local media describing this as the largest recent skunk seizure in Manaus.