Police action ended with the seizure of 6,200 Aruanã ‘white’ fingerlings within the Amazon. Two suspected of carrying out environmental crime were detained during the operation.
G1: In Amazonas State, operation seizes 6200 fingerlings and arrests two foreigners
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