PCAM (Civil Police of Amazonas) discovered a drug known as “black cocaine” what is undetectable by dogs sniffers and has a much greater added value than regular cocaine.
According to the investigation, to make police work more difficult, criminals add other substances to the drug, including coal, and then undo the process so that it becomes cocaine again. Due to the charcoal, the drug, which is commonly white, acquires a dark color.
The operation was carried out on October 17th in a luxury mansion in the west of Manaus. In all, 34 kg of black cocaine were seized and 16 kilos of conventional cocaine, material valued at R$19.5 million.
The agents launched the action after approximately 30 days of investigation and following a complaint about the property being used as a
Two people were arrested red-handed for drug trafficking and association for drug trafficking, a man and a woman, aged 51 and 45, who already had criminal records. inside the location.
The agents also seized notebooks with notes related to drug trafficking, where it was identified that there were more narcotics hidden in the paintings and chairs of the mansion. The drug was hidden in objects to be transported.
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PCAM’s general delegate, Bruno Fraga, highlighted that the approximate value of each kg of this type of cocaine is valued at around 100 thousand dollarsa value
He also says that black cocaine undergoes a chemical modification process so that it becomes undetectable by sniffer dogs and preliminary measurement reagents.
According to the delegate, the drug came from Peru and would be sent to Australia for the amount of 1,500 dollarsand the arrested couple would receive R$
The last seizure of black cocaine recorded by the Civil Police was in 2019, when 25 kg were seized in the city of Manacapuru, 68 kilometers from Manaus.
*Under the supervision of Carolina Figueiredo
