Federal Highway Police officers stopped a truck with licence plates from Cascavel in Parana on the BR-386 in Lajeado, Rio Grande do Sul.[1] The suspect is 44 years old and a native of Pernambuco.[1] The man was arrested for drug trafficking and taken to the judicial police with the vehicle and the seized drugs.[1] The stop and arrest took place on Monday the 10th in Lajeado.[1]

The truck was loaded with watermelons.[1] After inspections with the support of sniffer dogs, officers found 2.5 tonnes of marijuana hidden under the watermelon and hay load in the truck bed.[1] The report describes the haul as more than 2.5 tonnes of marijuana concealed in the watermelon shipment.[1] The load had been collected in Goias and was destined for Porto Alegre, according to the Federal Highway Police.[1]

The Federal Highway Police is the force credited with the stop, inspection and seizure.[1] The published account places the sniffer-dog find in Lajeado in Rio Grande do Sul.[1] The truck bed held watermelons and hay above the concealed marijuana.[1]