Colombian passenger arrested with 5.6 kg of hashish on Andradina bus
Highway police stopped a Campo Grande–São Paulo bus at kilometre 631 of the Marechal Rondon highway in Andradina before dawn on 5 November 2026 and found 5.6 kg of hashish in four cardboard tubes. A Colombian passenger was arrested and taken to the Federal Police station in Araçatuba, with police valuing the seizure at 56,000 reais.
🇧🇷 km 631, Rodovia Marechal Rondon (SP-300), Andradina, São Paulo · Brazil
Highway military police arrested a Colombian man on suspicion of drug
trafficking in the early hours of Thursday 5 November 2026 during an inspection
on the Marechal Rondon highway (SP-300) in Andradina, São Paulo state.[1][2][3][4]The
bus was stopped at about 00:34 at kilometre 631 during Operação Impacto, a
highway policing operation run by officers of the 2nd Highway Police Battalion
(2º BPRv).[5][3]The bus was travelling the route between Campo Grande in Mato
Grosso do Sul and São Paulo.[1][3]
During the search officers found four cardboard tubes in the bus’s internal
luggage rack.[1][2][3][4]After weighing, the material was found to contain 5.6
kilograms of hashish.[1][2][3][4]Investigators established that the drug belonged to a
passenger sitting in seat 16.[1][3][4]He was arrested in flagrante and the case was
presented at the Federal Police station in Araçatuba, where he remained in
custody at the disposal of the courts.[5][3]
According to the Highway Police, officers could not check the suspect’s criminal
record because he is a foreign national.[5]
The tubes were cardboard displays of the kind used for braided bracelets.[6]
Photos and video
Police photo captioned Polícia Rodoviária, published with the report on the Andradina seizure; the page does not say what the picture shows beyond that general caption.Photo details
The suspect is identified only by his Colombian nationality; his name, age and travel details were not published.
No charges, custody hearing or court outcome were reported beyond his arrest in flagrante and detention at the Federal Police station in Araçatuba.
The amount is stated as 5.6 kg (quase 6 kg in one headline) of hashish in police weighing; no packaging weight or laboratory confirmation is mentioned.
The 56,000-reais value is a police estimate of losses to the drug trade, not a market price confirmed by another source.
Coordinates are for Andradina town, not the exact point at kilometre 631 on the SP-300.
The page photo is captioned only Polícia Rodoviária and is not established to show this seizure or its 5.6 kg, so its caption is left cautious.
The police did not announce the seizure on an accessible agency page; PMESP social posts found at the same kilometre described a separate Bolivian cocaine arrest.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Band: The police estimated the seizure caused 56,000 reais in losses to the drug trade.
Military police arrested seven suspected drug traffickers in the Água Branca neighbourhood of Contagem and seized 218 kg of cannabis. The suspects, all with prior criminal records, were taken to the Contagem Civil Police station for investigation.
Civil Police arrested three men from Amazonas in a house in Cinturão Verde, Boa Vista, on 10 November 2026 with 201.5 kg of cannabis derivatives, including hashish and cannabis oil. Police valued the load at R$15 million and said it was meant for Rio de Janeiro; the men were booked for trafficking.
Military Police arrested a 36-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 39-year-old buyer during a raid on a suspected drug point in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, on 10 November 2026. Officers seized two cannabis tablets alongside crack, cocaine, three phones, bookkeeping notes and R$2,474 in cash, transferring all three to the Civil Police.
Military Police arrested a man and a woman in a ride-hailing car on Rua Aristiliano Ramos in Timbo on 10 November 2026. Officers seized about 500 g of a hashish-like substance in five wraps from the woman's bag and took both suspects to the Civil Police station.
