Nearly 40kg of cocaine found in Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's G20 plane entourage
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Military official arrested on route to G20 summit in Japan after drug found in luggage.
He is the controversial Brazilian president who has promised zero tolerance on the country’s pervasive drugs trade – but it seems Jair Bolsonaro will need to start with his own entourage.
A member of his official military detail has been arrested en route to this week’s G20 summit in Japan – after being found with some 39kg of cocaine.
The Brazilian Air Force officer was detained during a stopover in Seville, Spain.
“The serviceman was found to have cocaine in his hand baggage that weighed a total of 39kg,” a spokesperson for the Guardia Civil said. “He was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and is currently in custody at our Seville headquarters waiting to appear before a jud...