230 marijuana bars found in truck false bottom in Uberlandia
Police in Uberlandia arrested three men after finding 230 bars of marijuana hidden in a false bottom in the front of a truck trailer at a mechanic workshop. A sniffer dog located the hide, and the men were taken to the Civil Police after the drug and workshop parts were seized.
🇧🇷 Mechanic workshop, Bairro Nossa Senhora das Gracas, Uberlandia · Brazil
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Three men were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking on Tuesday night in
Uberlandia, in the Triangulo Mineiro.[1]The Military Police reached a
mechanic workshop in the Nossa Senhora das Gracas neighbourhood after an
anonymous tip that criminals were unloading a truck of drugs from Paraguay.[1]Officers approached the 38-year-old workshop owner, a lathe operator of the same
age, and the 29-year-old truck driver.[1]
A sniffer dog indicated drugs under and inside the front of the trailer, where
officers found a false bottom.[1]Officers broke open the compartment with a
crowbar and found 230 bars of marijuana wrapped in plastic film with a type of
grease that may have been used to disguise the smell.[1]Police also found two
buds of marijuana in the backpack of one of the men.[1]Officers seized parts
in the workshop, including bolts that police said are used in the artisanal
manufacture of firearms.[1]The three men were detained in flagrante and taken
to the Civil Police.[1]
Photos and video
Seized material at the workshop, in the Military Police handout photo. Photo: Policia MilitarPhoto details
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