Caceres’ Teen Arrested with 8.5 kg of Cocaine
The 17 years old boy from the town of Caceres, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday, in the city of Barra do Garças with eight and a half kilos of cocaine. He was traveling on the bus which goes from Cuiaba to Goiania.
The Teen was arrested in a joint operation conducted by the Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF) and Military Police. According to the report by the Federal Highway Police (PRF), He was found with suitcase containing ten folder-base cocaine packages.
He had claimed that he did not know the contents of the bag and he was hired by an unknown person in Varzea Grande to carry the luggage to the capital of Goiás. Being minor, the boy was referred to the Police Station for the Child and adolescent.