Create Alert Police plant :: BOPE seizes 1.2 tons of cocaine in Grand Curitiba, which could bring in about 60 million rands

A cargo of 1.2 tons of cocaine, valued at R60 million if sold abroad, was seized by the Special Operations Battalion ( BOPE) of the military police of Paraná, in a shed in the city of São José dos Pinhais, in the metropolitan area of ​​Curitiba, on Sunday (02). The drugs were handed over to the Curitiba Federal Police Directorate. The work was done with the support of new vehicles delivered to the prime minister by the state government last week.

The drug was located by teams of RONE (Special Nature Outer Rounds), a subunit of BOPE. According to the team commander, Lieutenant Raphael Stapbadoli, at about 11:30, anonymous information communicated to the state army indicated that there was a lot of drugs in a barracks from the São Cristóvão district.

"The teams went to the address and made an on-site investigation, uncovering several large bags containing cocaine, with a total capacity of 1.2 tons, separated in backpacks. About 40 kilos each There were also materials such as plastics and utensils to package the material, it is thought that this drug would be sold in other countries and would give criminals up to 60 million rand. said the lieutenant.

After local procedures, the drug was handed over to the Superintendency of the Federal Police in Curitiba. so that the procedures and investigations are carried out. "From now on, there will be an investigation into the origin of the drug, its location and its membership, since there was no one at the place of the seizure", said the Lieutenant.

Police acted with the support of new vehicles recently handed over to the military police by Governor Cida Borghetti. The vehicles, of the Trailblazer model, are used in operations and actions of preventive, ostensive and repressive policing, as in this action of seizure and operation Natal 2018, launched last Friday (30 / 11) in all states.