Feds put plug in pipeline of weapons smuggling between Florida and Brazil Jay Weaver, The Miami Herald
Jun. 2 Federal authorities said Wednesday they have put a plug in a pipeline of weapons smuggling between Florida and Brazil, cutting off an unprecedented supply of hundreds of firearm accessories to a notorious criminal organization.
The international investigation, which started in 2019 with Brazil s seizure of five packages containing 55 high-capacity magazines for 9 mm pistols, led to a dozen arrests and searches Tuesday that were carried out in San Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and the Orlando area of Florida, authorities said.
Most of the warrants were executed in Brazil, though one man was arrested on weapons smuggling charges in Orlando.