A 34-year-old businessman was arrested in flagrante on the night of Tuesday 10 November 2026 in Alegrete, in the Fronteira Oeste of Rio Grande do Sul, after police found marijuana stored in a pet shop he owned.[1][2][3][4] The raid followed investigations coordinated by the Delegacia de Repressão às Ações Criminosas Organizadas (Draco) of Uruguaiana, the civil police unit that targets organised crime.[1][2][4] The property was identified during an investigation involving an organised criminal group.[4] Alegrete Tudo named delegate Nilson de Carvalho as the officer coordinating the inquiry.[5]

The marijuana was in a room attached to the shop in the Macedo neighbourhood, which investigators described as a storage point for distribution in the region.[1] Alegrete Tudo placed the shop in the Macedo neighbourhood of Alegrete.[5] The load was split into 187 pressed bricks.[1][2][3][4] Terra reported 117 kilograms, which the security forces valued at about R$ 1 million in losses to organised crime.[1] g1 also reported that officers seized 117 kilograms, with an estimated value of R$ 1 million.[6] Alegrete Tudo, citing the civil police, reported 117.8 kilograms valued at more than R$ 1 million.[5]

The owner had no previous police record.[1][2][3][4] He was booked in flagrante for drug trafficking.[1][2][4] After the formalities he was transferred to the Penitenciária Modulada Estadual de Uruguaiana, where he remained at the disposal of the courts.[1][2][3] Police said the investigation was seeking to establish the involvement of other people and where the seized drugs were destined.[4]