After passing through a scanner, a kind of X-ray, the drugs were found inside a container at the port of Itapoa on Santa Catarina’s north coast. A total of 42.5 units of cocaine were seized during the action on Tuesday (20). The seizure was carried out by the Federal Police in conjunction with the Federal Tax Service.

The drug was seized at the port of Itapoa and was inside a container – Video: Federal Police and Federal Revenue Service/Disclosure/ND

The container with electric motors that contained the drug will be unloaded at the port of Algeciras in Spain. The method used by traffickers is known as robbery / robberyin which the drug is inserted into the container without the knowledge of the exporter.

According to the federal police, this is the third seizure of cocaine in 2023 at the port of Itapoa. The actions were held with the participation of the Federal Revenue Service.

In January, 55.5 kg of cocaine were seized in a container also destined for Spain. In May, a BR-101 crew from the Federal Tax Service drove a suspicious van into the port, which, after being checked by a scanner, was found to be loaded with 327 kg of cocaine in a double bottom. In 2022, agency employees seized about 1 ton of drugs in the port complex of Itapoa.