Federal Police officers, supported by Piauí Military Police units, eradicated a cannabis plantation on a rural property in Avelino Lopes, in southern Piauí.[1] Three people were arrested in the act for direct involvement in the illegal cultivation.[1] The Piauí Public Security Secretariat named the three only by the initials D. S. A., D. M. L. and D. F. S.[2]

The plantation covered about three hectares and held roughly 35,000 cannabis seedlings that were still to be extracted.[2] Colonel James Sean, commander of the Specialised Policing Command, said part of the plants was taken as a sample for the investigation file and the rest was burned on the spot.[2] Security forces also found equipment used for planting, irrigation and processing the drug.[2] Officers seized three mobile phones and two handheld radios at the site.[2]

A10+ located the operation at Lagoa do Tuntun, a hamlet where a patch of about 35,000 cannabis plants was found.[3] The units involved were the Specialised Policing Command, the 4th Company of the Interior Policing Battalion based in Bom Jesus, the 4th Company and 7th Battalion of Avelino Lopes, and the Tactical Force.[2] The suspects were taken to a Civil Police station and placed at the disposal of the courts, A10+ reported.[3]