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巴西警方破获一个国际贩毒集团

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2010-11-18 06:44 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Police in Brazil say they have arrested 22 people as part of an 18-month effort to break an international drug syndicate.

巴西警方称，经过18个月的努力，他们破获一个国际贩毒集团，逮捕22人。

The arrests are the latest in Operation Desert, targeting a group smuggling¹ Bolivian cocaine² to Africa and Europe.

A total of 50 arrest warrants were issued during the operation and those held include Colombians, Bolivians and Europeans, as well as Brazilians.

Police also seized two planes, weapons and several tonnes of cocaine.

Officials said in addition to the 22 arrested on Wednesday, a further 20 suspects were already in prison, and eight - one Brazilian and seven Europeans - remained on the run.

Guilherme de Castro Almeida of the federal police's drug enforcement department said Interpol had been asked to detain seven European suspects, but he would not reveal their nationalities or whereabouts（下落，行踪） .

One of the two planes confiscated³（没收，充公） during the operation, Mr Almeida said, was a small craft used to fly cocaine from Bolivia.

International operation

A total of 2.3 tons of the drug were found in warehouses⁴ along with heavy calibre（口径，才干） weapon, anti-tank grenades（手榴弹） and 33 vehicles.

Mr Almeida said law enforcement agencies from other South American nations and Europe helped Brazilian police break the gang.

The drugs were carried on cargo⁵ ships carrying soybeans and other Brazilian products to Africa, Mr Almeida said which smaller vessels⁶ transported the drug on from Africa into the European market.

In a separate seizure⁷ on Tuesday, Italian police say they discovered a tonne of pure cocaine, hidden inside four tractors shipped from Brazil in the port of Gioia Tauro in southern Italy.

Italian officials also said on Wednesday that they had seized drugs worth $6.8m (5m euros) at Rome's Fiumicino airport smuggled⁸ by passengers from Brazil and Argentina.

The drugs were hidden in baggage trolleys⁹（手推车） and sewn（缝纫，装订） into the pockets of jeans.

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1 smuggling
n.走私
参考例句：
Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。 The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

2 cocaine
n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）
参考例句：
That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。 Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

3 confiscated
没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。 The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。

4 warehouses
仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。 Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

5 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。 A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

6 vessels
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人
参考例句：
The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。来自《简明英汉词典》 All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 seizure
n.没收；占有；抵押
参考例句：
The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。 The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

8 smuggled
水货
参考例句：
The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。来自互联网

9 trolleys
n.（两轮或四轮的）手推车( trolley的名词复数 )；装有脚轮的小台车；电车
参考例句：
Cars and trolleys filled the street. 小汽车和有轨电车挤满了街道。来自《简明英汉词典》 Garbage from all sources was deposited in bins on trolleys. 来自各方的垃圾是装在手推车上的垃圾箱里的。来自辞典例句

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