Police find 86.5 kg of marijuana on bus hired for São Paulo football team
Brazilian club São Paulo found itself caught up in an unusual incident in Bolivia, where the team was due to play Bolívar in the Copa Sudamericana round of 16.
A bus carrying the São Paulo football team to Bolivia for a Copa Sudamericana match was seized by Bolivian authorities in a drug bust, according to reports on August 12. The Brazilian club discovered 86.5 kilograms, or approximately 191 pounds, of marijuana hidden on the vehicle during a routine checkpoint in the Cochabamba region.
The São Paulo team had not boarded the bus, nor had any contact with those allegedly involved in the drug operation. Bolivian Mobile Rural Patrol Unit officers found the narcotics divided into four packages containing rectangular greenish bundles, which chemical tests later confirmed to be marijuana. Three individuals connected to the bus transport were arrested in connection with the investigation.
Buses Cosmos, the company hired by São Paulo to provide transportation during their stay in Bolivia, quickly arranged for an alternative vehicle for the team. The company subsequently claimed responsibility for the drugs, stating that police were investigating the matter and that those involved had been detained.
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