View of 48 tons of seized marijuana and weapons presented in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

View of 48 tons of seized marijuana and weapons presented in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 Pablo PORCIUNCULA

Brazilian police on Wednesday seized a record 48 tons of marijuana in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, uncovered by chance by a sniffer dog during a regular operation against criminal factions.

During the operation in the Complexo da Mare, a large complex of favelas in the north of the city, a dog named Hulk indicated there was something suspicious under an abandoned water tank.

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