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Brazilian agents confiscated more than a ton of cocaine packed in 24 suitcases on a private jet moments before it was set to depart for Belgium.
The Federal Police made the discovery at Fortaleza International Airport in Fortaleza, Ceará, on Wednesday morning.
A Spanish passenger and the flight's 48-year-old Turkish captain were arrested and two crew members – both Turkey nationals – were brought in for questioning.
Footage recorded by the police showed one of the agents confronting the passenger in Portuguese, saying: 'Open that suitcase, I'm telling you.'
A Brazilian agent with the Federal Police tests the purity of a white powdery substance that was cut out out from a package inside a suitcase before confirming it was cocaine. Authorities would seize 1,304 kilos of cocaine that were concealed in 24 suitcases belonging to a passenger (left) from Spain who was arrested on Wednesday at Fortaleza International Airport in Fortaleza, Brazil. The flight captain (second from right) - a Turkish national - was taken into custody, too. The drugs were bound for Brussels, Belgium
