RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's federal police seized 250 km of cocaine and arrested four people on Thursday at Rio de Janeiro's international airport.
According to the police, the drugs were destined for Portugal and this was the biggest drug bust so far at the Galeao International Airport.
The arrests were made after a routine check in the airport's boarding area when police officers detected suspicious acts by an individual.
They noticed that a check-in official was showing signs of nervousness and found that luggages containing 60 km of cocaine were about to be loaded on a plane to Portugal.
An investigation soon found out that two employees of an airline were part of the scheme and were arrested.
The rest of the drugs were found in a storage area near the airport.
All the arrested were Brazilian nationals and will face charges of international drug trafficking, which may incur sentences of up to 25 years in prison.
