The 2ª Vara Criminal, the second criminal court, of Assis sentenced two men, identified only by the initials G.R.T. and T.R.S.M., for drug trafficking and association for trafficking.[1] The sentence was published on Monday 9 November 2026.[1] G.R.T. received 11 years and 4 months in prison and 1,754 day-fines, while T.R.S.M. received 8 years and 1,200 day-fines.[1] Both were to begin their sentences in closed custody and were convicted under articles 33 and 35 of Brazil’s drug law.[1]

According to the prosecution account summarised by the Assis court, the two kept cannabis in a house in Assis on 29 April 2026.[1] Police seized about 8 kg of cannabis in nine bricks, 2.3 kg in 82 portions and a little more than 1 kg of hashish and resin in 88 portions, more than 11 kg in all.[1] G.R.T. kept the drug at the house and T.R.S.M. delivered it to users by motorcycle, in what the article calls delivery.[1] The case began with anonymous tip-offs, and T.R.S.M. was stopped on the motorcycle with nothing illicit on him but admitted the deliveries and pointed officers to the address where the drug was kept.[1] G.R.T. was arrested in the act at the house, while T.R.S.M. was released by police that day and was ordered held in pre-trial detention on 3 July 2026.[1] The court’s summary said a phone taken from T.R.S.M. showed intense communication about the trafficking and a division of tasks within the group.[1]

The sentence refused both men the right to await appeal in freedom, noting that they remained in custody during the case, that G.R.T. is a repeat offender and that they formed a stable association trafficking a relevant amount of drugs.[1] The court also ordered the vehicle seized in the case forfeited to the federal government and began the procedure to sell it.[1] In July, when it received the charges, the court rejected a defence request to annul the case’s digital evidence.[1]