Federal Police burn 500 kg of seized marijuana in Araraquara
On 3 November 2026 Brazil's Federal Police incinerated about 500 kg of marijuana seized in recent flagrante cases in the Araraquara region. The Araraquara station said it was its second destruction of 2026, bringing the year's destroyed total to about one tonne.
🇧🇷 Araraquara, São Paulo · Brazil
Cannabis
500 kg
Brazil’s Federal Police incinerated about 500 kilograms of marijuana in the
Araraquara region on Tuesday 3 November 2026.[1] The marijuana had been seized
in recent flagrantes, arrests made while offences were under way, in the
Araraquara region.[1] The operation was carried out by the Federal Police
station in Araraquara.[1] It was the station’s second drug incineration in
2026, and the two destructions together bring the amount destroyed this year to
about one tonne.[1]
Officers carried the drugs in sacks to the incineration site.[1] The Federal
Police said the destruction forms part of its measures to combat drug
trafficking.[1]
Under Brazil’s Drug Law, destruction depends on court authorisation, with a
sample of the drugs kept as evidence for the proceedings.[1] The burning is
carried out by the responsible police chief in the presence of the Public
Prosecutor’s Office and the health authority.[1]
Photos and video
A Federal Police agent carries seized marijuana tablets for incineration. Photo: Polícia Federal/Divulgação Source: Araraquara AgoraSeized drugs carried in sacks to the incineration site. Photo: Polícia Federal/Divulgação Source: Araraquara Agora
All weights are approximate, reported as about 500 kg and about one tonne.
The incident date of 3 November 2026 follows the article's reference to Tuesday (3) and its publication on 03/11/2026.
No arrests or charges at the burning itself were reported, and the underlying flagrante seizures are not detailed.
Only one source reporting this event could be opened; a search for a second report found no accessible result.
The article's reference to a June 2025 incineration of more than one tonne of marijuana, cocaine and other drugs is a separate event left out of this report.
Unrelated police items listed on the page, including cocaine and crack seizures, are separate events left out of this report.
Military Shock officers seized three cannabis plants and a stolen Volkswagen Amarok pickup in Bairro Quebec, Cascavel, on 2 November 2026. No one was arrested; the plants and the stripped vehicle were sent to the 15th Police Subdivision for legal procedures.
Federal Highway Police seized 1,171 kg of marijuana and 10.9 kg of hashish in Maracaju after the driver fled during Operação Finados. The 30 October to 1 November operation across Mato Grosso do Sul arrested four people and also seized cocaine and 10 pistols.
Military police seized three skunk portions, one dry portion, cocaine and cash from a house in Quadra 32, Paranoá, on 1 November 2026. No resident was found and all material was sent to the 6th Police Station for investigation.
Tactical Force officers searched a party venue in Jesus de Nazaré, Macapá, after a trafficking tip and seized a plastic tube holding suspected cocaine and marijuana. No one was arrested after officers said a crowd and poor lighting prevented identifying who discarded the tube.
