The Brazilian Navy mentioned on Tuesday it had seized 3.6 metric tons of cocaine on a ship off the coast of northeastern Pernambuco state, within the largest single off-shore seize of the drug by Brazil.
In an announcement, the Navy mentioned it had captured a small motor boat used for transporting folks and cargo alongside the coast with 5 crew members heading to Africa. The ship was towed by the patrol vessel to the port of Recife.
The seizure follows a sequence of operations held by the Navy to combat drug transportation on the nation’s coast.
According to the Navy, over 17 tons of cocaine, 4.3 tons of cannabis, 695 tons of cigarettes, 113.34 tons of fish, 14 tons of marijuana and three,146 cubic meters of wooden have been seized since 2020.
(Photo: Marinha do Brasil)
(Reuters – Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Writing by Carolina Pulice; Editing by Michael Perry)
