Brazil Air Force Thwarts Cocaine Smuggling Operation
In a coordinated operation near the Paraguay border, the Brazilian Air Force intercepted an aircraft carrying 400kg of cocaine, using cloned license plates. The pilot has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.
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Sources
(PT) FAB Intercepts Plane with Drugs in Paraná • forcaaerea.com.br
(PT) FAB Intercepted Aircraft with Cocaine from Paraguay • aeromagazine.uol.com.br
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