A twin-engine aircraft intercepted this Sunday (13) by Brazilian Air Force (FAB) fighter jets crashed and scattered dozens of drug packets over the Ariramba Indigenous Land, located near the São Manoel River, on the border between Mato Grosso and Pará.
Right after the aircraft hit the ground, Indigenous people living in the village collected dozens of drug packages scattered across a farming area. The material was seized by police.
According to information released by the FAB, the twin-engine plane came from Peru and was intercepted by A-29 Super Tucano jets after entering Brazilian airspace without authorization.
The pilots followed Brazilian airspace policing protocols and took coercive measures for identification, such as distant recognition and interrogation, followed by intervention steps including rerouting orders.
"After the irregular behavior persisted, the aircraft descended and crashed," the FAB stated.
A Black Hawk rescue helicopter was deployed. Federal Police agents arrested two Bolivian nationals and seized the drug packages. According to the FAB, the substance is "similar to marijuana."
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