Lúcia Nórcio
Reporter Agência Brasil

Curitiba - A Federal Police operation on Friday in Curitiba, capital of the state of Paraná, apprehended 3,750 capsules of ecstasy. It was one of the biggest apprehensions of esctasy this year in Brazil.

According to the police, they have been investigating a distribution network for two months. They brought the drug from São Paulo to be sold in Curitiba. On Friday, a number of people who were selling the drug were arrested.

Translator: Allen Bennett