Record Air-Cargo Cocaine Seizure in Brazil Caps Week of Major Drug Interdictions

Overview

• Federal police and customs seized about 1.2 tonnes of cocaine at Confins cargo terminal after scanning flagged furniture-bound freight routed via Lisbon to Madrid.
• Receita Federal said the haul is the largest ever recorded in Brazil’s air-cargo modality, citing integrated risk systems, scanners and canine teams.
• No arrests have been announced in the Confins case as investigators work to trace the shipment’s logistics, financing and intended recipients.
• Paraguay’s Senad recalculated a highway convoy seizure to 89 tonnes of marijuana near the Paraná border, reporting five arrests, one suspect killed and consignments bound for São Paulo and Rio.
• In Ceará, coordinated actions in Cascavel and Pindoretama netted roughly 2.5 tonnes of marijuana, with a truck driver arrested and accused of attempting a R$100 bribe as police pursue organizers.