25-year-old arrested with a cannabis bar in rural Abre Campo
Military Police officers arrested a 25-year-old man on drug-trafficking suspicion in Córrego Cava Alta, in the rural zone of Abre Campo, Minas Gerais, on 7 November 2026. He threw a cannabis bar over a wall as officers approached, and police also seized a precision scale, scissors, a .22 cartridge and mobile phones.
🇧🇷 Córrego Cava Alta, rural zone of Abre Campo, Minas Gerais · Brazil
Military Police officers arrested a 25-year-old man on drug-trafficking
suspicion on Saturday, 7 November 2026, in Córrego Cava Alta, in the rural zone
of Abre Campo, Minas Gerais.[1]Officers went to the address after receiving
information that drugs were being sold in the area.[1]
When he noticed the police, the man tried to run into a house and threw an
object over the wall.[1]Officers recovered the object and found it was a bar
of cannabis.[1]Further searches turned up a precision scale, scissors, a .22
calibre round of ammunition and mobile phones.[2]
The man was arrested and taken to the Civil Police station with the seized
material.[2]Neither outlet gave a weight for the cannabis bar or named the
specific trafficking charge filed against him.[1]
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Police handout photo of the cannabis bar and items seized at Córrego Cava Alta. Photo: Polícia Militar de Minas GeraisPhoto details
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Source: Tribuna do LestePolice photo published with the report on the arrest at Córrego Cava Alta. Photo: Polícia Militar de Minas GeraisPhoto details
Neither outlet published a weight or size for the cannabis bar, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
No specific charge, court appearance or outcome was reported; the case was at the arrest and referral stage.
The submitted Portal Caparaó page and the Tribuna do Leste report reproduce the same Military Police handout; both image addresses are listed pending de-duplication.
Abre Campo's coordinates are for the town centre, not for the rural locality of Córrego Cava Alta.
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