Three detained as police seize two marijuana tablets in Barbacena
Military Police arrested two men and apprehended an adolescent in Barbacena's Santa Cecília neighbourhood on 31 October 2026 after an anonymous tip about drug dealing from a Fiat Uno. Officers found two marijuana tablets and a crumbled portion of the drug, plus R$20 in cash; no weight, charges or court outcome has been reported.
🇧🇷 Bairro Santa Cecília, Barbacena, Minas Gerais · Brazil
- Arrested
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Two men were arrested and an adolescent was apprehended in Barbacena’s Santa
Cecília neighbourhood on Saturday 31 October 2026, after a tip about drug
dealing.[1] The Military Police said an anonymous tip reported that one of the
men was selling drugs from a Fiat Uno, with another man and an adolescent along.[2] Officers traced the car and stopped its three occupants.[2]
During a personal search, officers found two marijuana tablets, one smaller and
one larger, and a crumbled portion of the same drug with the adolescent.[1]
They also took R$20 in cash from him.[1]
The two adults were formally arrested and the adolescent was apprehended.[2]
The adolescent’s guardian accompanied the police procedures.[2] All three were
taken to the Civil Police station with the material seized.[1] The Fiat Uno
was towed to an accredited yard.[1]
Sources
- Trio é detido com maconha após denúncia de tráfico de drogas no Santa Cecília, em Barbacena. Vertentes das Gerais, 31 October 2026. In Portuguese.
- PM prende dois homens e apreende adolescente com drogas em veículo no Santa Cecília, em Barbacena. Central24h de Notícias, 31 October 2026. In Portuguese.
Open questions the AI reported
- No weight was given for the two tablets or the crumbled portion, so the report has no kilogram figure for the cannabis.
- The accounts differ on whose possession the drugs were found in: Vertentes das Gerais says the tablets and the R$20 were with the adolescent, while the Barbacena Online text carried by Central24h describes them only as seized during the stop.
- No charges, court dates or court outcome were reported, and none of the three was named.
- The Barbacena Online report could not be read on its own site and was read as syndicated by Central24h, so the two accounts are not fully independent.
- The article's lead photo carries no caption or credit and could not be confirmed to show this seizure, so no media link was added.
