On Wednesday 28 October 2026, the Military Police of Pernambuco found a large site used to grow and process cannabis in the rural area of Alagoinha, in the state’s Agreste region.[1] The operation was that Wednesday, 28 October.[1] A group of suspects left the area and fled through the caatinga scrub as officers approached, and they were not found during the operation.[1] CBN Recife reported that the suspects had escaped and that no arrests linked to the case were known.[2]
Teams from the 8th Independent Military Police Company (8ª CIPM), with the intelligence unit and the Tactical Group, carried out the operation.[1] Police said they seized about 250 kilograms of cannabis ready for use and destroyed a plantation of about 120,000 plants.[1] According to the corporation, the site also held about 750 kilograms of cannabis still being prepared, which officers eradicated and burned along with the plants.[1] CBN Recife gave the same figures: about 250 kilograms seized ready for use, about 750 kilograms in preparation incinerated, and about 120,000 plants destroyed.[2]
Officers also collected irrigation equipment, food, four plants set aside as samples, a trimming machine used to process cannabis, two mobile phones and a Starlink kit for internet access.[1] Two mobile phones and a Starlink kit used for internet access were also seized.[1] After the plantation was found, Civil Police teams from the Institute of Criminalistics and Rastro/GGPOC were called to examine the site, collect traces and look for evidence that could identify those responsible.[1] Everything seized was sent to the duty police station in Belo Jardim.[1]
