Police seize a ton of marijuana in the vicar general

RIO – A ton of marijuana was seized in Vigário Geral, in the northern area of ​​Rio, late Monday morning. The equipment was found by Federal Highway Patrol (PRF) officers who found the drugs hidden in beds that were transported in a truck. The driver has been arrested.

According to the PRF, the police conducted a surveillance operation at Clover of the Daisies, when she approached the truck driver. The driver of the vehicle did not obey the stop order and started, according to the company, to escape to Avenida Brasil. The 53-year-old man, whose identity was not revealed, struck the truck on the sidewalk of the highway and attempted to escape through a forest area .

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The marijuana load was in the trunk of the truck and he confessed to the police that he had transported the drug from Sao Paulo to the north zone of Rio, which would be distributed in the favelas of the region.

The driver of the truck was indicted for drug trafficking.