18-year-old held with marijuana and skunk 50 metres from school in Betim
Military Police officers in Betim, Minas Gerais, arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of drug trafficking less than 50 metres from a school on the night of 10 November 2026. Officers seized 40 portions of marijuana, 19 portions of skunk and a mobile phone after the man dropped a package and they searched the area.
🇧🇷 Vila Nossa Senhora das Graças, Betim, Minas Gerais · Brazil
Military Police officers in Betim, Minas Gerais, arrested an 18-year-old man on
suspicion of drug trafficking less than 50 metres from a school on the night of
Tuesday 10 November 2026.[1]The arrest took place in the Vila Nossa Senhora
das Graças neighbourhood.[1]Officers from the Grupo Especial para Prevenção
Motorizada Ostensiva Rápida, a Military Police rapid patrol unit, had received
information about possible drug sales in the area.[1]During the patrol,
officers found a suspect matching the description in the tip.[1]When he
noticed the officers approaching, the young man dropped a package containing
portions of a substance similar to skunk.[1]
Officers then searched the area and found more portions of a substance similar
to marijuana.[1]In all, the Military Police seized 40 portions of marijuana,
19 portions of skunk and a mobile phone.[1]The man was arrested in flagrante,
meaning caught in the act, and taken to the police station with the seized
material.[1]
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The 40 marijuana portions, 19 skunk portions and mobile phone seized near the school in Betim. Photo: PMMG/DivulgaçãoPhoto details
No weight was published for the 40 marijuana portions or the 19 skunk portions, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The drugs were described as substances similar to marijuana and skunk; no laboratory confirmation was reported.
The man was not named, and no charges, custody decision or court outcome were reported after his arrest in the act.
The article does not name the school near which the arrest was made.
The whole account rests on a single news report that credits the Military Police of Minas Gerais.
The same article reports two other, separate drug arrests that night in Betim, a 14-year-old in Palmeiras II and a 45-year-old in the Central region, which are left out of this report.
Military Police arrested a 27-year-old man on the MT-248 in Araputanga after finding four tablets of a substance analogous to marijuana in his backpack. He said he would be paid R$ 1,000 to carry the drug from Pontes e Lacerda to Araputanga.
Civil Police officers in Bauru arrested a 25-year-old man for drug trafficking during a search warrant at a house in the Jardim Vitória neighbourhood on the afternoon of 11 November 2026, seizing several portions of marijuana and a precision scale. The investigation followed reports of an illegal firearm, possible drug sales and stolen goods at the address.
Military police in Marília arrested a 40-year-old man in Palmital after he punched a corporal during a drug stop. Officers seized 663.56 grams of marijuana and hashish, plus cocaine that is not counted here, and 556 reais in cash.
Military Police arrested a man in flagrante for drug trafficking on the morning of 11 November 2026 in Presidente Epitácio, São Paulo, after a teenager was found with two marijuana portions and said he bought them from the man. A search of the man's house on Rua Alziro Baltazar found more marijuana portions and a larger piece, plus R$200 in cash and a phone.
