The report states that the procedure was carried out yesterday on the highway BR 277, at a checkpoint in the city of Cascavel150 kilometers from the border.
The feds received the information about a drug charge that would pass through the place bound for the city of Curitiba, capital of the state of Paraná.
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Based on said data, they proceeded boarding and verification of a car in which the couple of compatriots were traveling. There they realized that the woman was pregnant.
both proved true nervousness and raised suspicions at the time of control.
Federal agents discovered a false bottom in the trunk of the vehicle. Inside were found a total of 40.6 kilos of cocaine, which in the Brazilian market is valued at about R$ 7.2 million (G. 10,800 million).
The compatriots were arrested in flagrante delicto, They can be prosecuted for international drug trafficking.
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