Police seize 28 cannabis plants at a farm in rural Bocaina de Minas; one held
Military police found 28 cannabis plants at a farm in the hamlet of Bagres, in the rural zone of Bocaina de Minas on the Minas Gerais–Rio de Janeiro border, and arrested one man who tried to flee and destroy some plants. Officers also seized cannabis seeds, 450 reais in cash and notebooks police link to trafficking accounts, and recorded the case as drug trafficking.
🇧🇷 Bagres, rural zone of Bocaina de Minas, Minas Gerais · Brazil
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Arrested
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Plants destroyed
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Military police went to a farm in the hamlet of Bagres, in the rural zone of
Bocaina de Minas on Minas Gerais’ border with Rio de Janeiro state, after
receiving information that cannabis was being grown there.[1]When he saw the
police team, a man tried to run and to destroy some of the plants, but officers
restrained him.[1]A man was arrested at the end of the operation and taken to
the competent authorities with the seized material.[1]
Officers seized 28 cannabis plants at the farm.[1]They also seized a large
jar containing cannabis seeds.[1]The seizure included 450 reais in cash, a
mobile phone and two notebooks with notes said to relate to drug-trafficking
accounts.[1]Police also took spent 12-gauge and .32 cartridges and eight
intact 9 mm cartridges.[1]
The incident was recorded as illicit drug trafficking.[1]The operation was
carried out by military police teams on the Minas Gerais–Rio de Janeiro border.[1]The outlet credits the information and photos in the account to the Minas
Gerais Military Police (PMMG).[1]
The man is 49 years old and was arrested in the act on suspicion of illicit drug trafficking in the Bagres district of Bocaina de Minas.[2]Police went to the farm after an anonymous tip that cannabis was being cultivated there.[2]Officers saw the man trying to flee while cutting cannabis plants with a machete, and stopped him.[2]
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A Gazeta RMagazetarm.com.brPTPolícia Militar prende homem por tráfico de drogas e apreende 28 pés de maconha em Bocaina de Minas, MG
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No figure for the weight or street value of the 28 plants or the seeds was published, and the seed quantity is not counted.
The plants appear to have been seized rather than destroyed, but the article does not say what happened to them after seizure.
The man's identity, age, the charges filed and any custody or court decision were not reported.
The article gives no separate date for the operation beyond 'nesta segunda-feira (9)'; 9 November 2026 is also the publication date.
No second outlet report of this operation could be opened, and the outlet reproduces a Military Police account without a separately accessible PMMG statement.
The article says the action took place on the Minas Gerais–Rio de Janeiro border but does not name the police unit or operation involved.
The suspect's identity, the charges filed and any custody or court decision were not reported; A Gazeta RM says only that the case passed to the Civil Police for investigation.
A Gazeta RM says officers also seized a motorcycle that was in the suspect's possession, a detail not in the account already cited.
A Gazeta RM gives no separate date for the operation; 9 November 2026 is its publication date, the date given by the existing account for the raid.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Jornal Panorama Minas: Officers seized 28 cannabis plants at the farm.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Jornal Panorama Minas: The seizure included 450 reais in cash, a mobile phone and two notebooks with notes said to relate to drug-trafficking accounts.
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.
