54 kg of cannabis seized near MS-324 in Água Clara
Military and Civil Police in Água Clara detained three people after a traffic stop led from a white VW Gol to a wooded drug hideout near highway MS-324. Officers seized 59 cannabis tablets weighing about 54 kilograms, alongside a separate cocaine portion, packaging materials and cash.
🇧🇷 Forest area near highway MS-324, Água Clara, Mato Grosso do Sul · Brazil
An enforcement operation was recorded on Wednesday 4 November 2026 in Água Clara
after an anonymous tip triggered a police operation.[1]The case began with
the stop of a driver suspected of trafficking in the Jardim das Palmeiras
neighbourhood and led to a hideout with about 54 kilograms of cannabis.[1]Military Police had received information that a man was selling drugs using a
white VW Gol.[1]Officers located the car, but the driver tried to flee when
he saw the patrol vehicle approach.[1]The suspect was caught after a pursuit
lasting several blocks.[1]
Inside the car officers found a portion of a cocaine-like substance, which the
driver said he had bought for R$250 to divide into portions and resell.[1]A
search of the suspect’s home found portions of cannabis, a precision scale,
drug-packaging materials and R$220 in cash.[1]After being taken to the police
station, the suspect provided information about another hidden quantity of
drugs.[1]
A joint Military Police and Civil Police task force then found two other people
involved at a snack bar.[1]Those two people pointed to a wooded area near
highway MS-324, where officers found 59 tablets of a cannabis-like substance
weighing about 54 kilograms.[1]The driver and the two other people were taken
for legal procedures and presented to the Água Clara Civil Police station.[1]
Case data
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Portal Água Clara MSaguaclarams.com.brPTDenúncia anônima, tentativa de fuga e operação policial terminam com apreensão de cocaína e maconha em Água Clara
Open questions the AI reported
The incident date of 4 November 2026 comes from quarta-feira (4) in the article published on 5 November 2026.
The report counts three detained people from the driver plus two others found at the snack bar who were all taken to the Civil Police; no names, charges or court outcome were published.
The cocaine-like portion, R$220, R$250 purchase claim, scale and packaging materials are non-cannabis details and are not counted in cannabis figures.
Only one accessible account of this event was found after searching in Portuguese; no agency statement or second outlet account could be opened.
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