Two arrested with 20 skunk packages worth R$400,000 in Piracuruca
Piauí police arrested two men on highway PI-110 at Mororó, Piracuruca, seizing 20 packages of skunk. Police valued the cannabis, known locally as 'supermaconha', at about R$400,000.
Piauí’s Civil and Military Police, acting through the anti-narcotics department
Denarc and the Tactical Force of the 22nd BPM, arrested two men in the
municipality of Piracuruca in northern Piauí.[1][2][3][4][5]The two men, identified only
by the initials H.J.S. and L.F.S.N., were in the car where officers found the
drugs and were arrested during the vehicle search.[1][4]The suspects and the
seized material were taken to the Denarc headquarters in Teresina for the
applicable legal procedures.[1][3][4][6]
Officers found 20 packages of skunk, a potent form of cannabis known locally as
‘supermaconha’, inside the vehicle.[1][2][3][4][6][5]Police valued the 20 packages at about
R$400,000.[1][2][3][4][6][5]The interception took place on highway PI-110 at Mororó village
in rural Piracuruca after authorities tracked the vehicle’s movements and set up
a strategy to stop it.[1][2][3][4]The seizure happened on the night of Sunday 1
November following monitoring work.[1][3][4]
The vehicle had left Portal da Alegria in the south zone of Teresina and was
bound for the city of Parnaíba.[1][2]Denarc is Piauí’s Department for the
Repression of Narcotics, and this operation combined its officers with the
military police tactical force.[1]
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Seized packages of skunk valued at R$400,000 in Piauí. Photo: DivulgaçãoPhoto details
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