BRASILIA, April 10 (Reuters) – Brazil’s tax revenue secretary Robinson Barreirinhas said on Friday that more than 1,100 weapons were seized over the past 12 months arriving from the United States, and that in the first quarter alone authorities have seized more than 1.5 tons of drugs. Brazil has begun feeding a system with data […]
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Brazil seizes over 1,100 weapons and 1.5 tons of drugs from US, says official
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BRASILIA, April 10 (Reuters) – Brazil’s tax revenue secretary Robinson Barreirinhas said on Friday that more than 1,100 weapons were seized over the past 12 months arriving from the United States, and that in the first quarter alone authorities have seized more than 1.5 tons of drugs.
Brazil has begun feeding a system with data on weapons entering Brazil from the U.S., Barreirinhas said during the announcement of a Brazil-U.S. action against organized crime.
(Reporting by Marcela Ayres; Writing by Isabel Teles, Editing by Franklin Paul)