Man, 26, arrested in Boa Vista on warrant in 33.65 kg skunk case
Roraima's civil police arrested a 26-year-old man in central Boa Vista on 9 November 2026 on a preventive warrant from a case that began when federal highway officers found 33.65 kg of skunk in a pickup's sound box in Barra do Garças in July 2024. A federal appeals court restored the detention in October 2024, and a custody hearing was set for the next day.
Civil police in Roraima arrested a 26-year-old man in the centre of Boa Vista on
Monday 9 November 2026 on a preventive arrest warrant from an international
drug-trafficking case.[1]Roraima’s interstate police station, the Polinter,
carried out the warrant after exchanging information with the Federal Police’s
fugitive-capture group, and the man was taken to the Polinter headquarters.[1][2]
The case began on 19 July 2024, when Federal Highway Police officers stopped a
Ford Ka and a Chevrolet S10 pickup on the BR-070 near kilometre 14 in Barra do
Garças, Mato Grosso.[1]Officers found 63 slabs of skunk, about 33.65
kilograms in total, hidden inside a large sound box on the pickup’s bed, and
arrested three men at the scene, among them the man held in Boa Vista.[1][2]The
Federal Highway Police said at the time that it found 63 slabs of skunk weighing
about 33.55 kilograms in the sound box of the S10 at around 4pm on Friday 19
July 2024 and arrested the occupants of both vehicles for drug trafficking and
association for trafficking.[3]According to the case file, one vehicle
scouted ahead while the other carried the drug, and investigators said the skunk
appeared to have come from Bolivia along a route that passed through Porto Velho
in Rondônia.[1]
A federal court converted the arrest in the act into preventive detention, a
habeas corpus ruling replaced detention with less restrictive measures in August
2024, and the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region then upheld the habeas
corpus appeal in October 2024 and restored the preventive arrests, reissuing the
warrants.[1]The man was due to appear at a custody hearing on Tuesday 10
November.[1][2]
The drug was hidden inside a sound box fitted on the pickup’s load bed, and three men were arrested at the scene, among them the man held in Boa Vista.[4]
The Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region denied the defence’s request in October 2024 and again ordered the detention of those involved.[5][2]The man was located in central Boa Vista and his arrest was formalised at the interstate police station.[5]
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Roraima 1roraima1.com.brPTInvestigado por tráfico internacional de drogas é preso em Boa Vista após apreensão de 33 kg de skunk
G1g1.globo.comPTInvestigado por tráfico internacional de drogas é preso no Centro de Boa Vista
Open questions the AI reported
The two accounts give different weights for the 2024 load: Folha BV says about 33.65 kilograms, while Araguaia Notícia, reporting the PRF statement at the time, gives about 33.55 kilograms. The report uses 33.65 kg, the figure in the account of this arrest and detention warrant.
Folha BV gives no charges, plea, conviction or sentence; the man was arrested on a preventive warrant and was awaiting a custody hearing.
The account identifies the man only by initials, and the 2024 reports give no names for the three men arrested at the roadside.
The Bolivia origin and the route through Porto Velho are described as indications in the case file, not as established facts.
The page photo is credited only as PCRR, the Roraima civil police, with no caption saying what it depicts.
The source gives no charges, plea, conviction or sentence; the man was arrested on a preventive warrant and was awaiting a custody hearing.
The account identifies the man only by age, and the 2024 roadside reports give no names for the three men arrested at the scene.
G1 gives the 2024 load as 33.6 kg of skunk, while the account of this arrest used in the report gives 33.65 kg; the report keeps 33.65 kg.
G1 repeats the case file's account that the drugs came from Bolivia and would pass through Porto Velho, without saying how that was established.
The page gives the total as about 33,65 kilograms of a substance similar to skunk, so the weight is an approximation and no laboratory confirmation of the drug was reported.
The account gives no charges, plea, conviction or sentence for the man arrested in Boa Vista and does not say what happened at the custody hearing on 10 November.
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.
Civil Police arrested three men from Amazonas in a house in Cinturão Verde, Boa Vista, on 10 November 2026 with 201.5 kg of cannabis derivatives, including hashish and cannabis oil. Police valued the load at R$15 million and said it was meant for Rio de Janeiro; the men were booked for trafficking.
Military Police arrested a 36-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 39-year-old buyer during a raid on a suspected drug point in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, on 10 November 2026. Officers seized two cannabis tablets alongside crack, cocaine, three phones, bookkeeping notes and R$2,474 in cash, transferring all three to the Civil Police.
Military Police arrested a man and a woman in a ride-hailing car on Rua Aristiliano Ramos in Timbo on 10 November 2026. Officers seized about 500 g of a hashish-like substance in five wraps from the woman's bag and took both suspects to the Civil Police station.
