Nine kilos of drugs are found in a car tank; couple is arrested in RJ A couple was arrested in the early hours of Monday (20) after a joint operation by security forces resulted in the seizure of 9 kilos of drugs hidden in the fuel tank of a car, in São Pedro da Aldeia, in the Lagos Region. The action was coordinated by the Macaé Federal Police Station, with support from the Federal Highway Police (PRF) and the 25th Military Police Battalion. According to the police, the operation aimed to identify, monitor and intercept routes used by interstate drug trafficking between the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. ? Follow the g1 Região dos Lagos channel on WhatsApp. During operational planning, teams approached a vehicle and, during the search, found an adapted compartment in the fuel tank, where five kilos of crack and four kilos of cocaine base paste were hidden. In addition to the drugs, the police seized three cell phones and the car used by the couple. The two suspects were taken, along with all the seized material, to the Federal Police Station in Macaé, where they remained detained for drug trafficking. Drugs found in car tank in São Pedro da Aldeia Military Police