POSSIBLE INTERCONTINENTAL CRIME – Rotterdam police seize cocaine in Brazilian container after tip-off.

Brazil-Dutch Police acted rapidly in front of a potential case of intercontinental drug smuggling.Customs authorities in Rotterdam (DOUANE), who did not wish to be identified, reported that on Monday, June 10, a cargo containing 320 kg of cocaine was seized in a container originating in Brazil.The cargo coming from the port of Paranaguá, Paraná, in Brazil, was already being monitored and, according to information obtained by the column, two employees from the port of Rotterdam were arrested in the act when they were removing the drugs from bags inside the container. The cargo was valued at between 9 and 10 million euros in Holland, where it was to be sold.The operation took place on last Monday after cross-checking information between Brazilian, Belgian and German authorities.The authorities said they had been following the voyage for several days, from the port of Hamburg in Germany. They accompanied the Ro-Ro / Container Carrier Gran Buenos Aires when it docked at the port of Hamburg in Germany, where four containers were unloaded and, after two days, left for the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, bound for the Delta terminal.As soon as they arrived at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the authorities began monitoring the two containers that were reported as suspicious and observed two employees through the cameras approaching the boxes and packing them.According to information obtained from the port authorities, on the evening of Monday, June 10, the two suspects returned after work to remove the drugs and put them in 10 travel bags with around 30 packages of 1 kg of cocaine in each. INVESTIGATION IN ORDER According to the person in charge of the investigations, the containers coming from Brazil are suspicious and, in most cases, have already passed inspections in Brazilian ports. But even so, according to him, some officials circumvent the system and break the seals to put the drugs inside and, with the help of ship’s staff, manage to put the seals back on to make the breaking of the seals unnoticeable.Between 2021 and 2023, authorities seized 109.2 tons of cocaine at ports and airports in Brazil. This and other unpublished data was obtained through the Access to Information Law, which has also been made public on a national network. The ports of Santos and Paranaguá lead the ranking of drug seizures in Brazil destined for Europe.According to information exchanged between Brazilian and European authorities, the leaders are two Brazilians and a Serb, who have been monitored since 2023.The two officials should continue to count on the help of the Brazilian authorities to identify the leaders of the group and the receivers.The company that owns the container will be questioned, while the case will remain a secret until the end of the investigation. Source: Observatorio dos Famosos, BR.
Photo: Science Photo Library / Internet.   More info: agenciagpm@gmail.com