Brazilian woman arrested at Indonesian airport with 3.9kg of cocaine in suitcases

Manuela Vitória de Araújo Farias, in addition to four clonazepam tablets in one bag, had bags of five bags of cocaine.

Bhumi newsroom

27 Jan
2023
– 22:38

(Updated at 10:41 PM)

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A 19-year-old woman from Brazil has been arrested for trying to hide 3.9 kg of cocaine in two suitcases. Indonesia. Manuela Vitória de Araújo Farias was detained at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali by the country’s customs authorities.

According to O Globo newspaper, two of his suitcases contained five packages of drugs, which were discovered when X-rays were taken. In addition, she had four more Clonazepam tablets in her Louis Vuitton bag.

The young woman said she did not know about the substances, according to a statement by Gombes Ivan Eka Putra, director of Bali’s Narcotics Investigation Unit. Manuela allegedly told authorities she was promised entry into a surfing school in exchange for carrying her luggage.

The person who received the drugs is yet to be identified by local police. Indonesian law provides for life imprisonment and the death penalty for some drug-trafficking cases.

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