Brazil seizes over 1,100 weapons and 1.5 tons of drugs from U.S., says official 

FILE: A United States flag hangs from a railing as a Brazil flag waves in the background. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

BRASILIA -- ‌Brazil’s tax revenue secretary ‌Robinson Barreirin has said ‌on Friday that more than 1,100 weapons were seized over ​the past ​12 ‌months arriving ⁠from the United States, and that in the first ⁠quarter alone authorities have seized more than 1.5 ⁠tons of drugs.

Brazil has begun feeding a ​system with data ‌on ⁠weapons entering ⁠Brazil from the U.S., Barreirin has ⁠said during the announcement of a ‌Brazil-U.S. action against organized ⁠crime.

Reporting ‌by Marcela Ayres; Writing ‌by Isabel ‌Teles, Editing by ​Franklin Paul