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Brazil Captures Alleged Drug Boss as Raids Seize Over 2 Tons of Narcotics

Authorities describe a logistics‑driven network with interstate reach plus ties to Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay.

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Overview

  • Civil Police in Campinas arrested Adriano Pereira Cosmo, known as Puff, on Dec. 23 while he hid in a condominium in Paranapanema, seizing phones and vehicles as he awaits transfer to Sergipe.
  • Investigators say the group recruited legitimate truck drivers and concealed contraband within lawful cargo, a pattern linked to probes launched after large seizures in 2021 and 2022.
  • PRF agents in Picos, Piauí, found about 200 kg of skunk in a truck during a BR‑316 stop and arrested the driver.
  • A joint PF‑PRF operation in Santa Maria do Pará seized 383 kg of skunk hidden in a trailer and detained two suspects after prior monitoring.
  • In separate actions, police seized 1,456.4 kg of marijuana from a trailer in Campo Grande and PF arrested a 36‑year‑old at Rio’s Galeão who admitted ingesting roughly 80 cocaine capsules before a Paris flight.