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| CURITIBA, Brazil – A man in southern Brazil walked into a police station and confessed that he bought R$80,000 reals ($43,000 USD) in counterfeit cash while visiting Paraguay. Merchant Oseias Bernardo said that he purchased the bogus notes on a whim, but came to regret his actions and decided to turn the money into police.
R$78,000 reals in counterfeit cash (Photo: meionorte.com)
| CUIABA, Brazil – Police in southwestern Brazil seized an aircraft carrying weapons and U.S. $600 thousand dollars cash believed to be destined for Bolivia. The interdiction was made late Wednesday afternoon, near the town of Pocone, 104 km (65 mi) from the Mato Grosso state capital, Cuiaba.
$600 thousand U.S. dollars (Photo: Divison Almeida/G1)
| MANAUS, Amazonas – On Saturday, Federal Police (PM) in Manaus found R$144,000 ($77,000 USD) in cash hidden inside two flat screen TV sets during a routine inspection. The appliances were on board a vessel in the Port of Manaus which was about to leave for Tabatinga.
R$144 thousand cash (photo: Reuters / Federal Police / G1 Amazonas)
| FLORIANOPOLIS, Santa Catarina – Before dawn Thursday, Federal Highway Police (PRF) found U.S. $87,000 in cash hidden in a space meant for a car airbag. The cash was seized and the occupants of the vehicle were arrested.
$87,000 U.S. dollars cash seized(photo: clicrbs.com.br/PRF Release)
CAMPO GRANDE, Mato Grosso do Sul – A man was arrested by agents of the Department of Border Operations (DOF) after throwing a bag with $100 thousand reals (about $56 thousand USD) in cash out the window of a car. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon on a backwoods road near the border with Paraguay in Japora, 296 miles from the state capital, reported.
R$100,000 cash (photo: DOF/G1)
