translated from Spanish: They transported marijuana in coffins for the deceased by coronavirus

In Brazil, authorities arrested a man who tried to transport 300 kilos of marijuana hidden in coffins. The man carrying them pointed out that in the coffins lay bodies of people who had died from the coronavirus.
In Brazil, military police arrested a man who tried to spend 300 kilograms of marijuana in two coffins. According to the subject’s account, the bodies of people who perished after catching Covid-19 lay in the coffins. The coffins were transported in a hearse and the driver did not have papals that allowed him to transport corpses.
Therefore, the safety elements decided to inspect the coffins, once opened, discovered the drug that was inside them. The colonel, Marques Duarte, transferred the man to a police unit, at this site he was arrested and was charged with drug trafficking. If the crimes charged are proven, this man could spend 15 years in jail.
It would also have to pay a fine of five thousand reais, or $950.
“The funny thing is that the driver narrated that they were two bodies in coffins and were isolated because they were victims of covid-19. The cops decided to open them and found that big amount of drugs. It was a strange occurrence.”
So far the legal status of the subject who tried to transport the coffins containing 300 kilos of marijuana is unknown.

Original source in Spanish