17-year-old held with 18.9 kg of marijuana in her Blumenau bedroom
Military police apprehended a 17-year-old girl after finding about 18.9 kilograms of marijuana in her bedroom in the Itoupava Central neighbourhood of Blumenau, Santa Catarina. Officers also seized a precision scale and a notebook with notes they linked to drug dealing; the case was registered as an act analogous to drug trafficking.
🇧🇷 Itoupava Central, Blumenau, Santa Catarina · Brazil
Military police apprehended a 17-year-old girl on suspicion of involvement in
drug trafficking in the Itoupava Central neighbourhood of Blumenau, Santa
Catarina, on the night of Tuesday 10 November 2026.[1]The Military Police
registered the case at about 21:01 that night, after information that drugs
might be in the room.[2]In the bedroom, officers found about 18.9 kilograms
of marijuana, according to the Military Police.[2]They also seized a
precision scale and a notebook with notes that police said were related to drug
dealing.[2]A personal document belonging to a man described as the possible
owner of the marijuana, said to be the girl’s boyfriend, was also found.[2]
The girl was taken to the Central de Plantão Policial, the city’s on-duty police
station, with all the seized material.[3]The case was registered as an ato
infracional análogo ao crime de tráfico de drogas, the juvenile equivalent of a
drug-trafficking charge in Brazil.[2]Blumenau lies in the Vale do Itajaí
region of Santa Catarina.[3]
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Police handout photo of the marijuana seized from the 17-year-old's bedroom, published with the Jornal de Pomerode report. Photo: PMSC / DivulgaçãoPhoto details
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No information was published on what happened to the 17-year-old after she was taken to the Central de Plantão Policial, including any socio-educational measure or charge.
Police did not say whether the man described as the possible owner of the marijuana, said to be the girl's boyfriend, was located, investigated or charged.
The accounts do not say who provided the information about drugs in the bedroom or how officers gained access to the room.
The 18.9 kilograms is an approximate weight and the material was not described as laboratory-confirmed marijuana.
No street value was given for the seized marijuana.
The exact address in Itoupava Central was not published.
The Blumenau-area accounts reproduce the same Military Police statement rather than independent reporting.
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.
Military police arrested a 27-year-old man from Pernambuco on a vacant lot in Tapera, Florianópolis, after a sniffer dog found packages similar to marijuana and hashish. Officers also seized cocaine portions and 189 reais; the force published no weights.
Highway military police arrested a 20-year-old driver on 11 November 2026 with 400.8 kilograms of marijuana in an Argo on SP-613 at kilometre 75.5 in Rosana, São Paulo. They valued the seizure at 1.2 million reais and took him to the Federal Police in Presidente Prudente, where he remained in custody.
Military police arrested seven suspected drug traffickers in the Água Branca neighbourhood of Contagem and seized 218 kg of cannabis. The suspects, all with prior criminal records, were taken to the Contagem Civil Police station for investigation.
