Three men were arrested in an operation that found two drug laboratories in Sumaré (SP) and Nova Odessa (SP) on Monday the 9th.[1] According to the Federal Police, the premises were used to produce marijuana derivatives known as dry and ice.[1]
The suspects, aged 28, 29 and 52, were found in a house in Jardim Novo Paraná in Sumaré, where police seized cocaine, marijuana, drug-production machines and 91 gas cylinders.[1] The operation began after the Military Police received information about drug manufacturing at the residence.[1][2] At the address on Rua Benedito Ferreira Quental, officers saw a man in the kitchen wearing gloves with traces of a marijuana-like substance.[1] In the house, police listed 369 grams of cocaine among the drugs found during the search.[1] Police also listed 474 grams of marijuana, plus other portions of the drug.[1] Police also found 2 kilograms of marijuana kept in a cooler box.[1] Police listed 780 grams of drugs that were being prepared.[1] Police seized 91 isobutane gas cylinders.[1][2] They also seized machines, scales, sieves and silicone moulds used to make drugs, plus mobile phones.[1] A resin extraction column was seized there.[2][3] The 52-year-old suspect said he was preparing marijuana for his own use, the 28-year-old said he was there to buy drugs, and the 29-year-old, who said he owned the property, denied knowing where the materials came from.[1]
After the arrests, officers went to an apartment linked to the 29-year-old in Jardim Dona Maria Azenha in Nova Odessa.[1][4][5] After police dog Colt indicated the scent of drugs near Apartment 138 at the Residencial das Américas on Avenida Rodolfo Kivitz, officers from the 48th Military Police Battalion (48º BPM/I), a Civil Police delegate from the Ficco task force and a Federal Police forensic expert entered the flat using keys found in the suspect’s Hyundai Veloster.[4][5] There, with a sniffer dog, teams found three grow tents with their own lighting and ventilation for growing marijuana.[1][4][5] In the apartment, 1.128 kilograms of drugs were seized, including 240 grams of a substance known as ice, plus portions of marijuana stored in containers and in the grow tents.[1][4][5] The 1.128-kilogram seizure in the apartment comprised 886 grams of cannabis flowers (460 grams inside a grow tent, 220 grams in a bucket, and loose portions of 80, 60, 42, 20 and 4 grams, plus an unweighed glass jar of flowers), three portions of ice totalling 240 grams, and a 2-gram packet of cannabis seeds.[4] A second extraction column, a respiratory mask, a computer, a flash drive and a hardware cryptocurrency wallet were seized.[2][4][5] Officers also seized a precision scale and a black Samsung mobile phone in the apartment.[4]
The three men were taken to the Federal Police station in Campinas and arrested in flagrante for drug trafficking and association with drug trafficking, remaining at the disposal of the courts.[1] The operation was carried out by the Military Police together with the Campinas Integrated Force to Combat Organized Crime, a task force coordinated by the Federal Police.[1][2] Besides the Federal Police and Military Police, the force includes the Federal Highway Police, São Paulo Civil Police through Deinter-2, the Paulínia municipal guard and Gaeco prosecutors.[1] Investigations continue to identify other possible participants.[1][2][3]
