A Federal Highway Police routine check on the BR-364 near Porto Velho, Rondônia, on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 11, ended with a 52-year-old driver arrested at kilometre 759 of the highway.[1] The driver was in a Fiat Strada pickup that had left Guajará-Mirim bound for the capital when officers searched the vehicle’s cargo area and found fibre bags full of drug tablets.[1]
Officers counted 96.55 kilograms of marijuana in 93 tablets, which the police seized.[1] The driver told police he would be paid R$ 10,000 to move the load to Porto Velho, and that confession will be used to identify others in the criminal network.[1]
He was arrested on the spot for drug trafficking and taken to the Porto Velho Civil Police flagrantes station with the seized drugs.[1] The Civil Police said it will continue the investigation into the drug’s origin, destination and any other participants in the transport.[1]
