Federal Revenue seizes cocaine in wood that may be Brazil's record; volume pending forensic analysis

The previous Brazilian cocaine seizure record was 36 tons in 2021, found by the Military Highway Police in a soy truck in Mato Grosso do Sul

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The technique involves extreme dehydration of wood in intense heat, followed by liquid cocaine impregnation via vacuum and pressure into pores and fibers; at destination, chemical solvents extract the drug through filtration, crystallization and evaporation

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