Brazilian Authorities Intercept Drug Plane in Sao Paulo State

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9 April 2024 at 7:39 pm

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) intercepted an aircraft carrying around 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of cocaine in the Sao Paolo region on Tuesday, April 9, federal police said.

According to the FAB, the aircraft traveled with cloned license plates and was first spotted on the border of Paraguay and Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul region before being intercepted.

The plane was forced to land on a dirt runway near Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, a town in the state of Sao Paulo, according to the FAB, and the pilot was arrested for drug trafficking and taken to a police station in Marilia.

Footage and images released by the FAB show the plane on a dirt road surrounded with debris near Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo. Credit: Brazilian Air Force via Storyful

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