Brazil Military Police Seize 70 Kilos of Suspected Cocaine in Bahia and 494 Street Packets in São Paulo

Overview

• In Feira de Santana, Bahia, officers searched a home on Rua Miranda after reports of drug sales and found about 70 kilograms of a cocaine-like substance.
• Police arrested a woman at the address and took tools used for processing and packing drugs, including precision scales, a sealer, sieves, mixing basins, protective gear, three phones and a 5.5 caliber air rifle.
• In a separate patrol in the Pantanal community of Piracicaba, São Paulo, officers detained a man carrying a bag with 494 paper-wrapped portions of cocaine weighing roughly 187 grams.
• Two cellphones were also seized in the Piracicaba stop, and the detainees and materials were taken to the Plantão Policial and the Central de Flagrantes for booking and legal procedures.
• Together, the seizures point to bulk storage and processing at the Bahia site and street-level resale in Piracicaba, with the Bahia haul listed as a substance similar to cocaine pending lab confirmation.