Source: Rondonotícia - RO - 05/10/2009

Raimundo Altamir Lima da Cunha and Roberta Lima Ferreira, who brought 3.780 Cytotec pills and 200 more pills of Procops smuggled from Bolivia, were arrested at dawn on Sunday, in BR 425 region of the Araras district, by civil police from Nova Mamoré / RO, commanded by Delegado Lobo, together with police officers of the GIC, commanded by Delegate Jeremias Mendes ,. After “shopping” in Bolivia, the offenders returned to Brazil and stayed in a hotel, where they waited at night to arrive. Then they boarded the taxi and headed for the state capital, when they were then approached and arrested.

At the time of the arrest, Raimundo told police chief Loubivar that he owned a pharmacy located in the Embratel neighborhood in Porto Velho. He also said that he had acquired the drugs in the city of Guayaramerin-Bolivia, for the amount of R $ 3 and that his intention was to take them to the city of Humaitá-AM, where his company had won a public bid. Roberta, on the other hand, told the delegate to be Raimundo's companion and have accompanied him to Bolivia. According to the police, she knew that her partner was selling drugs of illicit origin.

According to Deputy Lobo, the Cytotec drug has restricted circulation in the national territory, and cannot be sold directly to the population. "Only accredited hospitals can acquire it, this according to ordinance 344/98, of the Ministry of Health", stressed the police authority.

The drug, which should be indicated in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers, has a highly abortive effect in the face of the uterine contractions that it causes, and because of that, it has been used indiscriminately in abortive maneuvers. It has harmful side effects such as facial paralysis, strabismus and limb anomaly.

Price

The drug is sold on the parallel market for R $ 50,00 a pill, and the traffickers "recommend" four pills for each abortion. Making a simple account 3.780X50 = 180.000 thousand reais. It is the value of the estimated profit. The arrest of the offenders and the seizure of medicines brought enormous satisfaction to the police: “many embryos are no longer murdered, many children will be able to be born perfect, without the perverse effects of the“ miracle pill ”, said the Delegate.

GIC and PC

This was Bolivia's second smuggling seizure this weekend. On Friday, cigarettes without tax documents were seized by civil police in Nova Mamoré and the GIC. And this Sunday, these drugs. Delegate Jeremias Mendes of GIC, who follows the work of his team in this and other locations in the state, where there are suspicions of trafficking, smuggling and other crimes, noted that his group is working day and night to defend society against all kinds of crime.