Moment Brazilian police discover $1.6 MILLION worth of marijuana hidden behind a tractor trailer wall after they pulled over the driver because he looked nervous
Federal Highway Police in Planaltina, Brazil intercepted 906 kilos of marijuana
The bust was made during a routine inspection of a truck Monday
The drugs were split into 1,202 bundles and hidden behind a wall in the trailer
Brazilian newspaper Correio Braziliense reported that the driver told the police he was paid $7,300 to deliver the drugs
This is the moment highway cops in Brazil intercepted a marijuana shipment worth $1.6 million.
The Federal Highway Police said its officers stopped the driver of a tractor trailer Monday and discovered 906 kilos of the drug concealed behind an aluminum panel.
While conducting the routine search of the trailer on a highway in Planaltina, Federal District, the male driver showed signs of nervousness, which immediately tipped off the cops.
Operational Unit police officers subsequently deployed a sniffer dog, who detected the drugs hidden behind a makeshift wall.
Video of the operation released by the Federal Highway Police showed how the marijuana shipment was split into 1,202 plastic wrapped bundles stacked against the wall.
The motorist confessed that he was delivering the drugs from Campo Grande, a city in the west-central state of Mato Grosso do Sul, to the northeastern state of Sergipe, located off the Atlantic Ocean.
According to Brazilian newspaper Correio Braziliense, the man said the drug traffickers paid him $6,800 to drive the truck and an additional $500 to abandon the trailer box.
The truck driver and the confiscated narcotics were placed under custody of the 16th Civil Police Station in Planaltina.
Monday's drug bust was the second significant operation in three days for the Federal Highway Police.
A team assigned to the Operational Unit unearthed 50 kilos of cocaine worth $2 million that was being ferried by a flatbed truck on a highway in the southern industrial city of São Leopoldo last Friday.
The police detained the truck's 33-year-old driver and his 38-year-old assistant after they were caught snorting cocaine in the cab of the truck.
