19-year-old held with 24.4 kg of skunk on Altamira bus
Federal Highway Police arrested a 19-year-old on Friday 30 October 2026 after finding 24.4 kg of skunk on a bus at kilometre 646 of BR-230 in Altamira, Pará. He told officers he was paid 5,000 reais to carry the drug toward Marabá.
🇧🇷 km 646, BR-230, Altamira, Pará · Brazil
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 24.4 kg
Federal Highway Police (Polícia Rodoviária Federal, PRF) arrested a 19-year-old
on the morning of Friday the 30th after catching him transporting 24.4 kilograms
of skunk on a bus on the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230), in the municipality
of Altamira, in southwestern Pará.[1][2] The drug was divided into 23 tablets and
was found during a PRF inspection.[1][2]
According to the PRF, the stop took place at about 6 a.m. at kilometre 646 of
the highway.[1][2] Officers were checking a bus travelling from Santarém to
Marabá when they noticed a strong smell of a chemical product coming from a
suitcase stored in the luggage compartment.[1]
During the search, police found eight skunk tablets inside the suitcase, while
another 15 were in a backpack with the suspect, who is from Manaus, in Amazonas.[1][2] The agents questioned him about the seized material and he confessed that
he had been paid 5,000 reais to transport the drug to the municipality of
Marabá.[1][2]
After the seizure, the passenger was taken, together with the drug, to the Civil
Police station in Altamira, where legal procedures were carried out.[1][2] The
case remains under investigation.[1]
The substance is popularly known as ‘supermaconha’ because it is modified in a laboratory.[2]
Sources
- Passageiro é preso com 24 kg de skunk em ônibus na Transamazônica, em Altamira. Estado do Pará Online, 31 October 2026. In Portuguese.
- Passageiro é preso com 24 kg de skunk em ônibus na BR-230, em Altamira. O Liberal, 30 October 2026. In Portuguese.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only one news report could be opened; the PRF’s own statement was not found.
- The article says “this Friday (30)” and was published on 31 October 2026, so the incident date is read as 30 October 2026.
- The headline rounds the seizure to 24 kg; the body says 24.4 kg.
- The passenger is not named, and no charge or court outcome is reported.
- Coordinates are for Altamira, not the exact point at km 646.
- O Liberal calls the seized material a substance similar to skunk and gives a preliminary weight of about 24.4 kg; the existing report, citing Estado do Pará Online, calls it skunk at 24.4 kg.
- O Liberal says officers noticed a characteristic odour of narcotics in a suitcase in the luggage hold; the existing report says a strong smell of a chemical product.
- O Liberal says the passenger said he would receive 5,000 reais to carry the drug from Santarém to Marabá; the existing report says he had been paid 5,000 reais to take it to Marabá.
- O Liberal does not say the case remains under investigation.
