Aviation
Commercial /
Brazil
Drug trafficking
Cocaine is found inside chocolates at Campinas airport
Portal da Copa, CC BY 3.0 BR, via Wikimedia Commons
Gabriela Ramos
5/23/2021
At the Viracopos International Airport, in Campinas, the IRS intercepted a load of chocolates "stuffed" with cocaine that would be sent to Thailand. The drug was also found hidden in jewelry and porcelain decorations.
The load totaled 860 grams of cocaine. To camouflage the smell and to sniff out sniffer dogs, the shipment was packed with coffee.
The IRS also found about 100 grams of cocaine hidden in bags in another cargo bound for Australia.
Federal Police operations are carried out daily to interrupt drug trafficking attempts at Viracopos International Airport, which, being one of the country's main export points, is the most targeted for international drug trafficking.
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Gabriela Ramos
Gabriela is the latest addition to the editorial team of our website, having provided us with her solid background in editing, publishing and photography, and her interest and training in aviation history and historiography. His good taste and common sense and great cleverness and sagacity in the selection of themes and materials greatly enriched our vocabulary and narrative style. Gabriela brought unusual predicates and came to stay, helping to point the way of success of our portal.
   
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