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Two Nigerians arrested with wanted Brazilian drug lord in Mozambique (Photos)




Two Nigerians arrested with wanted Brazilian drug lord in Mozambique (Photos)
Two Nigerians have been arrested alongside one of Brazil's top cocaine traffickers in Mozambique.

The Brazilian, Gilberto Aparecido dos Santos, aka "Fuminho," had been on the run for more than 20 years until his capture in Maputo on Monday. He was one of Brazil's "most-wanted" fugitives, Brazil's federal police said in a statement.

"The prisoner was considered the largest supplier of cocaine to a gang operating throughout Brazil, as well as being responsible for sending tons of the drug to several countries," the statement said.

Leonardo Simbine, a spokesman for Mozambique's Criminal Investigations Services, told Reuters that local police had been tipped off by Interpol that dos Santos had entered the country in mid-March.

"We did our investigations and found him at a luxury hotel in Maputo. We arrested him with two accomplices, two Nigerian citizens," Simbine said.

On his way to the maximum-security prison where he is now being held, dos Santos refused to answer questions from the press. "Talk to my lawyer," he said.

Two Nigerians arrested with wanted Brazilian drug lord in Mozambique (Photos)

Brazil has 40 days to submit an extradition request, Simbine said, adding that dos Santos is being held on charges of drug possession and using a false passport.

The Brazilian federal police also accused dos Santos of allegedly financing a rescue plan for PCC boss Marcos Willians Camacho, or "Marcola," who is in a federal jail in Brasilia. The alleged plan prompted Brazilian authorities to heighten security at the jail in February, the statement said.

In its statement, Brazil's federal police said the operation to catch dos Santos also involved the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the US Department of Justice and the Mozambique police.

Gilberto is believed to be the leader of the First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil's most powerful criminal organization which was originally formed as a prison gang in Sao Paulo, before they started operating across Brazil and moving cocaine overseas, especially to Europe and Africa.

Two Nigerians arrested with wanted Brazilian drug lord in Mozambique (Photos)

 

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