Federal Police of Brazil (Polícia Federal)
🇧🇷 Brazil · Police · 49 reports
- People arrested
- 52
- Plants destroyed
- 2,134,138
- Cannabis seized
- 661.722 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Three arrested with 5 kg of skunk in Iracema FICCO operation
FICCO agents arrested three men in Iracema, Roraima, after tracking a fugitive from an earlier Boa Vista operation to a bar near a municipal school. Officers seized about 5 kg of skunk hidden inside a washing machine, alongside 4 kg of crack, unweighed drug portions, three precision scales and cash.
Arrested 3Cannabis 5 kg1,071 kg of marijuana seized from Paraguay boat in Santa Helena
Federal and military police seized 1,071 kg of pressed marijuana from a speedboat arriving from Paraguay in rural Santa Helena, Paraná, on the night of 9 November 2026. Suspects on the riverbank fled into woodland, abandoning the fibre boat and approximately 60 bales of the drug.
Cannabis 1.071 tVehicles confiscated 1Three held as police find two cannabis labs in Sumaré and Nova Odessa
Military police and the Federal Police-coordinated Ficco task force arrested three men after finding cannabis-derivative laboratories in a Sumaré house and a Nova Odessa apartment with three indoor grow tents. Police linked the sites to dry and ice cannabis products and reported about 3.6 kg of marijuana, plus cocaine and production equipment.
Arrested 3Cannabis 3.602 kgSites 2Man, 26, arrested in Boa Vista on warrant in 33.65 kg skunk case
Roraima's civil police arrested a 26-year-old man in central Boa Vista on 9 November 2026 on a preventive warrant from a case that began when federal highway officers found 33.65 kg of skunk in a pickup's sound box in Barra do Garças in July 2024. A federal appeals court restored the detention in October 2024, and a custody hearing was set for the next day.
Arrested 1Cannabis 33.65 kg4.5 tonnes of marijuana and a rifle found in a truck in Ourinhos
Military highway police arrested a truck driver in Ourinhos, São Paulo state, on 8 November 2026 after finding 4,535 kg of cannabis in 5,100 tablets and a 7.62-calibre rifle hidden under a load of meat-and-bone meal. Police put the loss to drug trafficking at 9.1 million reais, and the driver was taken to the Federal Police station in Marília.
Arrested 1Cannabis 4.535 tMan arrested in Guaíra with 288 kg marijuana and pesticides worth R$5.7m
A man was arrested in Guaíra, Paraná, on 8 November 2026 after driving from Mundo Novo with 288 kg of marijuana and 150 kg of illegal pesticides in a Jeep Renegade. The Receita Federal put the total load value at R$5.7 million; the man was held while a second person fled.
Arrested 1Cannabis 288 kgVehicles confiscated 169 kg of cannabis and hashish seized in Foz do Iguaçu
Federal and military police seized about 69.2 kg of marijuana and hashish in Foz do Iguaçu on 6 November 2026 after watching a boat cross the Paraná River from Paraguay. The suspects fled into woodland and the drugs went to the Federal Police station for legal procedures.
Cannabis 69.2 kgFederal Police serve warrants in two states in Operation Pinotus
Brazil's Federal Police launched Operation Pinotus on 6 November 2026, serving arrest warrants in Camboriú, Santa Catarina, and Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, plus one search warrant in the state capital. The force said the investigation began with the seizure of about 167 kg of marijuana in Corumbá in September 2025 and targets a group accused of drug trafficking and violent crime.
Cannabis 167 kgTwo Paraguayans held with 110.6 kg of marijuana in Audi on BR-480 in Chapecó
Federal Highway Police stopped an Audi with Paraguayan plates on the BR-480 in Chapecó, Santa Catarina, and found 110.6 kg of marijuana in tablets in the boot and other compartments. Two Paraguayan men were arrested in the act and taken to the Federal Police in Chapecó to answer for international drug trafficking.
Arrested 2Cannabis 110.6 kgTruck driver held with 2.3 tonnes of marijuana hidden in cassava starch in Guaíra
Federal Highway Police and customs officers found 2,337 kg of marijuana blocks hidden in a cassava-starch load on a truck stopped on BR-163 in Guaíra, Paraná, on 5 November 2026. The driver, who said he collected the drug in Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul, and was bound for Nova Santa Rita, Rio Grande do Sul, was arrested and taken with the load to the Federal Police in Guaíra.
Arrested 1Cannabis 2.337 tColombian passenger arrested with 5.6 kg of hashish on Andradina bus
Highway police stopped a Campo Grande–São Paulo bus at kilometre 631 of the Marechal Rondon highway in Andradina before dawn on 5 November 2026 and found 5.6 kg of hashish in four cardboard tubes. A Colombian passenger was arrested and taken to the Federal Police station in Araçatuba, with police valuing the seizure at 56,000 reais.
Arrested 1Cannabis 5.6 kg22-year-old held with 125 g hashish in Campo Grande raid
Federal police arrested 22-year-old Wesley Igor Pereira Duré in a Vila Ipiranga house in Campo Grande during Operation Ifrit, seizing 125.3 g of hashish and 9.36 g of cannabis concentrate. He admitted owning part of the drugs and denied the rest, and was booked at the Federal Police superintendency in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Arrested 1Cannabis 134.66 g549 kg of cannabis found in abandoned car in Ouroeste cane field
Police found 549.6 kg of cannabis in tablets inside a car abandoned in a sugarcane field in Ouroeste, São Paulo, on 4 November 2026. No suspect was found at the scene, and the vehicle and drugs were taken to the Federal Police in Jales for investigation.
Cannabis 549.6 kg534 kg of marijuana seized on the Rio Paraná bank in Mundo Novo
Federal and state officers seized about 534 kg of marijuana on the banks of the Rio Paraná in Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul, on 4 November 2026 after watching men load bundles into cars. The suspects fled and none was arrested, and the vehicles and drug were taken to the Federal Police station in Guaíra.
Cannabis 534 kgFederal Police destroy 20,000 cannabis plants and arrest three in Piauí
Brazil's Federal Police uprooted about 20,000 cannabis plants and arrested three people on 4 November 2026 on four plots in the rural zone of Paes Landim, southern Piauí. The force estimated the destroyed crop could have produced about four tonnes of cannabis.
Arrested 3Plants destroyed 20,000PF serves 8 warrants in Operation Caronte after 25 kg seizure
Federal Police launched Operation Caronte on 4 November 2026 to dismantle a suspected interstate trafficking network first identified after a 25 kg cannabis seizure in Barra do Garças in July 2023. Officers are executing three preventive arrest warrants and five search warrants in Amazonas and Ceará under court orders.
Arrested 3Cannabis 25 kgMan arrested with 17 hashish portions in fuel tank in Jataí
A 49-year-old driver was arrested on the GO-184 in Jataí on 3 November 2026 after COD officers found 17 suspected hashish portions hidden in his car's fuel tank and confirmed an open arrest warrant. He was taken to the Federal Police in Jataí with the car, phones and cash after allegedly saying he would be paid R$10,000 to carry the drug from Ponta Porã to Brasília.
Arrested 1534 kg of marijuana found in two abandoned cars in Terra Roxa
Three men fled into the woods when police approached two cars being loaded on Estrada Paulista in Terra Roxa, western Paraná, on 3 November 2026, and were not found. Officers took 534 kg of marijuana from the abandoned vehicles, a seizure the security forces put at R$ 1.254 million in losses to crime.
Cannabis 534 kg24-year-old arrested with 12.24 kg cannabis on BR-282 in Chapecó
Federal Highway Police arrested a 24-year-old driver on BR-282 in Chapecó with 10 kg of skunk and 2.24 kg of hashish hidden in his car boot. The man, from Paraná, was taken to the Federal Police to face suspected drug trafficking.
Arrested 1Cannabis 12.24 kgFederal Police burn 500 kg of seized marijuana in Araraquara
On 3 November 2026 Brazil's Federal Police incinerated about 500 kg of marijuana seized in recent flagrante cases in the Araraquara region. The Araraquara station said it was its second destruction of 2026, bringing the year's destroyed total to about one tonne.
Cannabis 500 kg367 kg of cannabis seized from Paraguay boat in Foz do Iguaçu
Border police and federal officers seized 367.04 kg of cannabis in Profilurb II, Foz do Iguaçu, on 2 November 2026 after watching a boat from Paraguay unload into a car. The men carrying the load fled into woodland and were not found; police put the loss to traffickers at R$764,480.
Cannabis 367.04 kgCouple arrested with 130.9 kg of cannabis on BR-277 in Guarapuava
PRF officers arrested a man and a woman on the BR-277 in Guarapuava on 2 November 2026 and seized 130.9 kg of cannabis. The drug was allegedly being moved from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba, with two children travelling in the lead car.
Arrested 2Cannabis 130.9 kgPRF seizes 1,171 kg marijuana in Maracaju; 4 held in Finados operation
Federal Highway Police seized 1,171 kg of marijuana and 10.9 kg of hashish in Maracaju after the driver fled during Operação Finados. The 30 October to 1 November operation across Mato Grosso do Sul arrested four people and also seized cocaine and 10 pistols.
Arrested 4Cannabis 1.1819 tTeen detained with 32 kg of cannabis at Ponta Grossa bus terminal
Military police detained a 17-year-old with 32 kg of maconha at the Ponta Grossa bus terminal on 31 October 2026 after a FICCO tip. The cannabis was vacuum-packed in two suitcases on an interstate bus, and the teen said he would be paid R$8,000 to carry it to Curitiba.
Arrested 1Cannabis 32 kgWoman held with 3.3 kg of cannabis at João Pessoa airport
Federal Police arrested a woman at Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport in João Pessoa on 31 October 2026 after finding about 3.3 kg of cannabis in six tablets in her hand luggage and strapped to her body. She had flown from Manaus via Rio de Janeiro and was sent to the state prison system after the flagrant arrest was recorded.
Arrested 1Cannabis 3.3 kgMan held near Corumbá bus station with 3.98 kg of cannabis
Military police stopped a man near Corumbá's bus station on the night of 30 October 2026 and found 3.98 kg of cannabis in his backpack, during the 32nd Operação Força Total. He told officers a Colombian had handed him the drug at a local guesthouse the day before, and police said he already wore an ankle monitor over a trafficking case in Mato Grosso.
Arrested 1Cannabis 3.98 kgThree arrested after 1.34 tonnes of cannabis found in Vila Velha flat
Military police found 1,340 kg of cannabis in a rented apartment in Riviera da Barra, Vila Velha, Brazil, on 29 October 2026 and arrested three people aged 29 to 46. Police said the three supplied marijuana to the Terceiro Comando Puro and Primeiro Comando de Vitória gangs and that the load probably came from another state.
Arrested 3Cannabis 1.34 tDriver held with 418 kg of skunk and 13.2 kg of hashish in Corumbá
Federal Highway Police arrested a truck driver on the BR-262 in Corumbá with 418 kilograms of skunk and 13.2 kilograms of hashish, alongside 726 kilograms of cocaine. He said the load was bound for Miranda and was taken to the Federal Police.
Arrested 1Cannabis 431.2 kgPRF finds about two tonnes of cannabis under fertiliser near Piraí
Federal highway police stopped a truck on the Rio–São Paulo Dutra highway in Piraí on 23 October 2026 and found about two tonnes of cannabis hidden under a load of fertiliser. The 36-year-old driver, who said he had loaded it in Maringá, was arrested.
Arrested 1Cannabis 2 tFederal Police destroy 4,238 cannabis plants in Coruripe, Alagoas
On 22 October 2026 Brazil's Federal Police, with Alagoas military police special units, destroyed 4,238 cannabis plants on about 1,536 m² in rural Pindorama, Coruripe. Technical estimates put potential yield at up to 600 kg after harvest and drying; two suspects were arrested at a nearby camp with fertiliser and irrigation gear.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 4,2381.4 tonnes of cannabis found in a nappy load near Assis
Military highway police and the FICCO task force found 1,402.1 kg of cannabis in 44 boxes hidden among nappies in a truck at Assis, São Paulo, on 21 October 2026, and arrested the 43-year-old driver. The federal police put the same load at 1,412.1 kg.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.4021 tPolice seize 1,050 kg of marijuana hidden in boxes on the SP-280
A joint Federal Police and highway police operation stopped a vehicle on the SP-280 in Itatinga, São Paulo state, and found 1,088 blocks of marijuana weighing 1,050.2 kg hidden in cardboard boxes. The driver was arrested and taken to the Federal Police station in Bauru.
Arrested 1Cannabis 1.0502 tFederal Police eradicate about 612,000 cannabis plants in Pernambuco
From 21 to 30 September 2026 Operation Carcará phase 19 destroyed about 612,000 cannabis plants and 8,000 seedlings on 48 plots in the sertão of Pernambuco, and seized 128 kg ready for use. The Federal Police said the plants could have yielded about 183 tonnes. No arrests were reported.
Plants destroyed 612,000Cannabis 128 kgPRF finds 6,320 kg of cannabis and four rifles in seed load in Naviraí
PRF officers stopped a sorghum-seed truck from Ponta Porã to Santos at km 130 of BR-163 in Naviraí on 30 September 2026 and found 6,320 kg of cannabis plus four 7.62 rifles; the driver was arrested and taken to the Federal Police.
Arrested 1Cannabis 6.32 tFederal Police eradicate more than 300,000 cannabis plants in Maranhão
From 8 to 12 September 2026 a new phase of Operation Carcará destroyed more than 300,000 cannabis plants on indigenous land at Alto Turiaçu in western Maranhão, with firefighters supporting federal agents. The Federal Police said investigations continued to find those responsible; no arrests were reported.
Plants destroyed 300,0002,900 cannabis plants destroyed and one man arrested in Pará
Federal Police destroyed about 2,900 cannabis plants and cultivation structures at two rural sites in Concórdia do Pará on 3–4 September 2026. Officers arrested one man during the operation.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 2,90035,000 cannabis seedlings burned on 3-hectare Piauí plantation; three arrested
Federal police and Piauí military police destroyed a three-hectare cannabis plantation holding about 35,000 seedlings in rural Avelino Lopes, in southern Piauí, and arrested three people for direct involvement in the cultivation. Part of the plants was kept as a sample and the rest was burned on the site.
Arrested 3Plants destroyed 35,000Area 3 haSix-hectare cannabis farm destroyed in Brazil's Chapada Diamantina
On 20 February 2026 military and federal police in Brotas de Macaúbas, Bahia, incinerated about 200,000 cannabis plants on six hectares with irrigation and solar power, seized one tonne of marijuana and estimated the plot could have yielded 66 tonnes. No one was arrested.
Plants destroyed 200,000Area 6 haCannabis 1 t434,000 cannabis plants destroyed in Operation Carcará phase 3
Brazil's Federal Police said phase 3 of Operation Carcará eradicated about 434,000 cannabis plants on 69 cultivations in the sertão of Pernambuco and in Paraíba between 1 April and 15 May 2025, and destroyed 2,200 kilograms of cannabis ready for consumption. The force did not say whether anyone was arrested, and estimated the plants could have produced 144 tonnes.
Plants destroyed 434,000Cannabis 2.2 tSites 69PRF seizes 26 tonnes of cannabis hidden under corn in Iguatemi
Brazil's Federal Highway Police seized 26,070 kilograms of marijuana, two pistols, a revolver and 289 rounds from a truck supposedly carrying only corn in Iguatemi on 28 May 2024, arresting the driver and a passenger.
Arrested 2Cannabis 26.07 tBrazil's Federal Police seize 124 kg of hashish in a truck in Eldorado do Sul
Brazil's Federal Police found 124 kg of hashish in a truck stopped on the BR-116 in flood-hit Eldorado do Sul and arrested the driver for drug trafficking. The truck, registered in Paraguay and earlier held in Uruguay over timber smuggling, was driven by a Montevideo police officer.
Cannabis 124 kg190,000 cannabis plants destroyed in Pernambuco's sertão
The Federal Police ran Operation Terra Livre I from 21 February to 2 March 2024 in the sertão of Pernambuco, destroying about 190,000 cannabis plants and 19,000 seedlings on 34 plots and seizing 71 kg of cannabis ready for use. The police did not say whether anyone was arrested, and estimated the crop could have yielded 63 tonnes.
Plants destroyed 190,000Cannabis 71 kgNueva Alianza 36 destroys 53 hectares of cannabis in its first two days
Brazil's Federal Police and Paraguay's Senad destroyed 53 hectares of cannabis plantations and six trafficker camps in the first two days of the 36th phase of Operation Nueva Alianza, from 20 March 2023. Officers also burned 660 kilograms of ready cannabis and 15 kilograms of seeds, and no arrests were reported.
Area 53 haCannabis 660 kgSites 6Seeds 15Sailboat with 4.3 tonnes of hashish intercepted off Recife
Brazil's Federal Police and Navy intercepted a sailboat coming from Portugal about 230 nautical miles off Recife on 16 June 2021 and seized 4,304 kg of hashish. Two crew members, an Estonian and a Russian, were arrested in what police called Brazil's biggest hashish seizure.
Arrested 2Cannabis 4.304 t36,000 cannabis plants burned on a Pedra farm; two held
Federal Police officers destroyed a 36,000-plant cannabis crop on an irrigated farm in Pedra, Pernambuco, and burned 120 kilograms of packed cannabis. A 26-year-old farm worker was held in custody while the farm's owner was released to face the case at liberty.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 36,000Cannabis 120 kgFederal Police destroy 300,000 cannabis plants in Operation Angico II
Brazil's Federal Police finished Operation Angico II on 21 August 2014 after eradicating 300,000 cannabis plants, 78 plots and 139,000 seedlings across the sertão of Pernambuco, Bahia and Alagoas, and taking 1.167 kg of cannabis ready for use. The police said the plants would have yielded 100 tonnes of the drug; no arrests were reported.
Plants destroyed 300,000Cannabis 1.167 kgSites 78Seeds 139,000Twelve tons of marijuana seized in wood shipment in Guaíra
Federal Police seized more than 12 tons of marijuana hidden in a timber load on a truck stopped late on 14 June 2009 at a checkpoint near the Ayrton Senna Bridge in Guaíra, Paraná, bound for São Paulo; officers called it the largest seizure in Brazil that year.
Cannabis 12 tSeven tonnes of marijuana found in a tar tanker at the Guaíra border crossing
Federal Police in Guaíra seized 7.000129 tonnes of pressed marijuana from a tanker on the Ponte Ayrton Senna border bridge on 18 June 2004 and arrested driver Tadeu Wiginieski, 53, of Curitiba; officers said it was the largest seizure recorded in Paraná at the time.
Arrested 1Cannabis 7.000129 tOperation Aliança Nove destroys 265 hectares of cannabis on the Brazil–Paraguay border
Brazil’s Polícia Federal and Paraguay’s anti-drug department finished Operation Aliança Nove on 11 December 2002 after destroying 265 hectares of cannabis plantations in Amambay, across from Ponta Porã. The Federal Police estimated 583 tonnes of raw cannabis removed from the market and incinerated pressed and chopped marijuana and seeds at the sites.
Area 265 haCannabis 583 t