Inspection by Base Candiru seizes over 22kg of drugs in Óbidos
Inspection in the river network of Óbidos found, on a vessel, drugs hidden in MDF bed materials in the cargo compartment.
Integrated teams from Base Candiru, coordinated by the Public Security and Social Defense Secretariat of Pará (Segup), seized approximately 22.8kg of drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, from a vessel traveling from Manaus to the capital of Pará, Belém, on the early afternoon of this Sunday (4). The drugs were hidden in materials for the production of MDF beds in the cargo compartment of the ship.
“In yet another inspection operation in the river network of Óbidos, our integrated teams identified another illegal drug transport, intercepting the criminal action. This is one more of the seizures made this year. Due to our knowledge of this trafficking logistics, Base Candiru is strategically located at this point on the Amazon River, so our agents can act in daily inspections and directly combat drug trafficking and organized crime, thus curbing crime once again through the waterways of Pará,” said the head of Segup, Ualame Machado.
Inspection
Agents from the River Group, together with agents from the Military Police and Civil Police, conducted a routine inspection on the vessel N/M Ana Karoline VII, which was traveling on the Amazon River from Manaus to Belém. During the inspection, the Military Police's sniffer dog “Isis” identified, in the cargo and package compartment of the vessel, 18 packages, 2 of which contained approximately 2.646kg of cocaine and the other 16 packages contained 20.800kg of marijuana, hidden in MDF bed production materials, totaling 22.890 kg of drugs seized.
The seized material was presented to the Civil Police team stationed at Base Candiru, where it undergoes the necessary procedures. The estimated value of the loss to crime from this seizure was R$412,520.00.
