Police Seize Over a Tonne of Skunk in Amazonas, Record 924‑Kg Haul in Maranhão

Overview

• More than one tonne of skunk was recovered at a rural property on the Chico Doido road in Iranduba, where five suspects were arrested and a homemade firearm and two vehicles were seized.
• PRF officers found 924 kg of skunk in a truck on BR‑222 in Bom Jesus das Selvas, in an operation with Receita Federal and state police, which the agency said was its largest drug seizure recorded in Maranhão.
• A 51‑year‑old driver told PRF he was hired to pick up the load in Manaus and would be paid R$ 30,000 for the transport, according to the police report.
• Earlier this week, PC‑AM confiscated 300 kg of skunk in Manaus after nearly 30 days of surveillance that tracked movements between properties in Cidade de Deus, Paz and Alvorada, and arrested a 28‑year‑old suspect.
• PC‑AM attributed the trafficked drug to production in Colombia’s Cauca region and estimated that recent seizures inflicted about R$ 44.4 million in losses on the trafficking network.