Brazilian police seize ton of cocaine worth US$39 million hidden in cat litter
- ‘Thanks to sniffer dogs, agents found around 1,140 kilos of cocaine in bags hidden under a cargo of cat litter,’ police said
- Brazil is a crossroads for international drug trafficking, receiving shipments from countries such as Colombia and Peru then sending it on to Europe or Africa
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Police in Brazil seized more than a ton of cocaine concealed in a truck carrying cat litter, officials said Saturday.
The find was made overnight in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais when motorway police searched the vehicle as it travelled to the port city of Salvador de Bahia.
“Thanks to sniffer dogs, agents found around 1,140 kilos of cocaine in bags hidden under a cargo of cat litter,” police said in a statement.
The cocaine is worth around US$39 million, it added.
Brazil is a crossroads for international drug trafficking, receiving by road or river shipments from cocaine-producing countries such as Colombia, Peru and Bolivia and then sending it on to Europe or Africa on ships leaving major ports such as Santos or Salvador de Bahia.
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In June a man named Sergio Roberto de Carvalho – known as the Pablo Escobar of Brazil – was arrested in Hungary.
Suspected of running a major drug ring supplying cocaine to Europe, de Carvalho had been on the run since 2020.
