17-year-old held in Barra do Garças with cannabis and cocaine portions
Military police apprehended a 17-year-old suspected of drug trafficking in the Santo Antônio neighbourhood of Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, finding marijuana portions in a bag and beside a water tank. Officers also seized cocaine base paste, a substance similar to ecstasy and packing materials, and took the youth to the local police station.
🇧🇷 Bairro Santo Antônio, Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso · Brazil
Military police apprehended a 17-year-old on Sunday 8 November 2026 on suspicion
of drug trafficking in the Santo Antônio neighbourhood of Barra do Garças, Mato
Grosso.[1]
Officers of the Grupo de Apoio (GAP), a support group of the 2nd Battalion, went
to a residence after anonymous reports of heavy foot traffic at a house said to
be used by drug users.[1]The team found only the teenager at the address and
during the approach located a bag with five portions of marijuana.[1]
Questioned by the officers, the youth pointed to another hiding place next to a
water tank, where police found 17 more portions of marijuana and two larger
portions of the same drug.[1]The same hiding place held six portions of
cocaine base paste and one portion of a substance similar to ecstasy.[1]Police also seized a precision scale, 27 plastic jars, a fanny pack and various
materials used to pack drugs.[1]
According to the Military Police, the teenager was a member of a criminal
faction and already had police records over suspected involvement in drug
trafficking, robbery, torture and theft.[1]He was taken to the police station
in Barra do Garças, where the incident was registered and the appropriate steps
were taken.[1]
Photos and video
Drugs and packing material found in a house and beside a water tank in Barra do Garças, captioned only as Reprodução (reproduction) on the article about the apprehension.Photo details
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