Five Tourists with Slovenian passports were arrested in the northern coast of São Paulo by international drug trafficking police
The tour group was trying to board on a cruise ship in Ilhabela
and during the boarding ships security found five tourists acting suspicious and immediately notified the police.
The search was conducted by the Federal Police of San Sebastian
which said that the tourists tried to re-embark with drugs wrapped around their body
One of the suspects was already investigated by international traffic
Police said Ilhabela became a strategic point of international drug trafficking
because the city quick stops vessels are made with a large number of tourists
Detainees with Slovenian nationality are between 20 and 35 years of age and were taken for questioning at the police station
One of them reported that the drugs was destined for Europe
The suspicion is that the seized cocaine had come from Colombia
Police are still investigating the involvement of other people treating this as a international network of drug trafficking
The immigration sector and embassy of Slovenia were notified and the men arrested.
MSC Cruises stated that it is contributing to assessment and investigation of the case and that
This is a third case this month involving drugs smuggling on cruise ships
Earlier this mounth five NCL crew members were arrested in USA and two Royal Caribbean crew members were arrested just four days ago in Argentina
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