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Brazil’s Coordinated Drug Raids Nab Alleged Kingpin ‘Puff,’ Seize Tons of Narcotics, and Eradicate 10–15 Thousand-Plant Farm

Interagency raids across several states stem from probes into routes using coerced drivers with drugs hidden in legitimate cargo.

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Overview

  • Campinas Civil Police arrested Adriano “Puff” Pereira Cosmo in Paranapanema under preventive warrants, citing alleged command of a multi‑state network with links to Colombia, Bolivia and Paraguay.
  • Federal and highway police in Santa Maria do Pará seized 383 kg of high‑THC skunk from a vehicle and arrested two suspects after surveillance and monitoring.
  • Military police in Campo Grande recovered about 1,456.4 kg of marijuana from a semi‑trailer inside a warehouse and detained a 28‑year‑old who said he was guarding the load.
  • PRF officers in Picos, Piauí, found roughly 200 kg of skunk concealed in a truck on BR‑316 and arrested the driver during a roadside inspection.
  • At Rio’s Galeão airport, federal agents detained a traveler who had ingested about 80 cocaine capsules, while in Ceará PF and PMCE destroyed a cannabis crop estimated at 10,000 to 15,000 plants and identified signs of a hash‑oil lab.