The Military Police seized drugs this Thursday (29) in the Maré Complex, in Rio de Janeiro. In total, there were 80 kilos of marijuana and cocaine. The drugs were found by teams from the Canine Action Battalion (BAC) near the Jeremias Moraes da Silva Family Clinic and inside the Lino Martins da Silva Municipal School, in the Nova Holanda favela, one of the 16 communities in the Maré Complex.
With the help of two sniffer dogs, the police searched the premises until they found drugs hidden in roof beams and inside walls, places strategically chosen by criminals. In other parts of the community, the police found a rifle, a revolver and three ammunition magazines. No arrests were made.
Hidden drugs
The school identified today is the second in which the Military Police have found drugs hidden in Maré. Last Sunday (25), BAC officers found about a ton of drugs at the Maria Amélia Castro Belford Municipal School.
In 11 days of integrated work in support of the actions of the State Secretariat of Civil Police and the city of Rio to destroy a luxury condominium that was being built by drug trafficking, the Military Police seized around four tons of drugs in the Complexo da Maré.
This year, the Canine Action Battalion seized more than 10 tons of narcotics, mostly in the capital and metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro.
This year, the Military Police Canine Action Battalion seized more than 10 tons of narcotics, mostly in Rio and the metropolitan region.
