Oct 28, 2011

Record Marijuana Seizure 756 Kg

Brazil News

| VITORIA, Brazil – Federal Police (PF) arrested two men with 756 kilos of marijuana in a truck stopped at a gas station in the town of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, 63 miles south of the Espirito Santo state capital, Vitoria, early Friday morning, reported the G1 network.

756 kilos of marijuana record seizure made by Brazilian Federal Police in the state of Espirito Santo on Friday 28 October 2011

756 Kilos of pot (photo: Federal Police/G1)

Police said that the men arrested—a clothing vendor and a truck driver—were the subject of an ongoing investigation. The drugs were found in the form of compressed bricks and were hidden under the floorboards of the truck. The clothing vendor had been arrested before for theft, drug trafficking and attempted murder. He was a fugitive from justice in Rio de Janeiro.

The men were charged with conspiracy to commit interstate narcotics trafficking. They will face trail in Itapemirim and face 5 to 15 years imprisonment if convicted.

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