Almost 100 kg of marijuana, which was supposed to be delivered to Chapeco, in the west of Santa Catarina, was caught in the trunk of a car on a BR-163 in Dionisio Cerqueira, in the Far West. The arrest of the PRF (Federal Highway Police) took place this Thursday morning (15).

The drug was in the trunk of the car. – Photo: PRF/Disclosure/ND

A 32-year-old man was driving a VW/Gol and was arrested. According to PRF, he, and not the driver, disobeyed the stop order and fled at high speed.

The drug was in the trunk of the car. – Photo: PRF/Disclosure/ND

After a few kilometers, he abandoned the car and ran towards the forest on the side of the highway, but was caught and taken prisoner. In the trunk of the car, the police found 103 tablets with a total weight of 99.3 kg of the drug, worth 215,000 reais.

The driver is from Paraná and said he would be paid to deliver marijuana from the Foz do Iguaçu region to Chapeco. He was taken to the police station in Dionisiou Serqueira to answer for a crime related to drug trafficking.

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The drug was in the trunk of the car. – Video: PRF/Disclosure/ND