The Brazilian federal police arrested two people within the Port of Ilhéus for the smuggling of roughly 28 kg. of cocaine on a cruise ship. Federal Police mentioned the duo boarded the ship in Rio de Janeiro, certain for Barcelona, Spain.
The people arrested, a person and a girl, whose identities haven’t been disclosed, had been found with the narcotics hid in false compartments of 4 suitcases. This was throughout a baggage examine that concerned the usage of a scanner (x-ray) and a detection canine.
After their arrest, the suspects had been escorted to the federal police station in Ilhéus for judicial police proceedings. Later, they are going to be transferred to the state jail system, the place they are going to be held underneath the jurisdiction of the Federal Court docket.
This operation was a collaborative effort by the Built-in Power to Fight Organized Crime (FICCO), which incorporates the participation of the Federal Police, the Civil Police, the Army Police, the Federal Freeway Police and the State Secretariat of Public Security of Bahia.