PF operation blocks R$50 million from family investigated for trafficking and laundering

The Federal Police, with the support of the Bahia Organized Crime Support and Combat Group (Gaeco), carried out seven arrest warrants and 20 search and seizure warrants this Wednesday morning (21) against a group investigated for drug trafficking in the Northeast and money laundering.

The operation also blocks bank accounts and properties, which can total approximately R$50 million, including six high-end properties and five farms, located in Bahia and Pernambuco.

There are 100 police officers in this action, in Salvador (BA), Feira de Santana (BA), América Dourada (BA), Morpará (BA), Ibititá (BA), Muquém do São Francisco (BA), Brasília (DF), Ibimirim ( PE) and São Paulo (SP).

The investigation identified a family that left Pernambuco and restructured itself in Bahia, more precisely in Feira de Santana, where it began a venture in planting illicit cannabis sativa crops.

The investigations began in 2019, and have already carried out three arrests, in which more than a ton of the drug were seized, in addition to marijuana fields eradicated, making it possible to identify the person responsible for the organization and the entire money laundering chain.

According to the PF, all the profits made by the criminal organization were used to purchase real estate with high purchasing power, benefiting the entire family and their close relatives who provided bank accounts in an attempt to hide the tracking of the money by the Federal Police. The five farms that were judicially blocked belong to the main target of the investigation and are in the name of third parties, according to the PF.

Those involved will be responsible for the crimes of drug trafficking, criminal organization and money laundering.