The Civil Police seized around 1.8 tons of cocaine, this Wednesday (3), on a farm in the rural area of Rio Grande da Serra, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo.
The Public Security Secretariat (SSP) estimated that the loss to drug trafficking due to the seizure could exceed R$800 million, if the drug were to be exported to countries in Europe or Asia, for example.
According to the SSP, the location was already being investigated on suspicion of operating as a drug trafficking laboratory. Yesterday afternoon (3), the police were monitoring the address, in the Vila Lídia neighborhood, when they noticed a car approaching and entering the property — located in a difficult-to-access area.
According to the report, a police officer climbed onto the farm gate to observe the movement when he was surprised by gunshots. Other officers tried to intervene, but were also targeted by gunfire. The investigators managed to enter the property, but the four men who were there managed to escape through the woods.
At the property, police found paraphernalia used to handle drugs, gallons containing liquids possibly used to refine cocaine and 350 bricks of base paste. Some of the drugs were also stored in plastic bags.
On the upper floor of the house was the cocaine and crack production and packaging area, with three packaging machines and various materials for handling and packaging the drugs, indicating that production was carried out on a large scale.
In the external area of the property, the agents also found a water tank in the middle of the forest that was used to store a large quantity of cocaine in plastic bags, appearing to be ready to be packaged. All the material was seized.
The Criminalistics Institute was called, carried out an investigation and collected evidence to try to identify the criminals who were using the area. The substances found were weighed and sealed. A cell phone and the car that were on the farm were also seized.
The case was registered at the Rio Grande da Serra Police Station and the drug was sent to the headquarters of the State Department of Narcotics Investigations (Denarc), in the capital of São Paulo.
Source: CNN Brasil
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