PRF finds about two tonnes of cannabis under fertiliser near Piraí
Federal highway police stopped a truck on the Rio–São Paulo Dutra highway in Piraí on 23 October 2026 and found about two tonnes of cannabis hidden under a load of fertiliser. The 36-year-old driver, who said he had loaded it in Maringá, was arrested.
Federal highway police stopped a truck on the President Dutra highway (BR-116)
in Piraí, in Rio de Janeiro state, on the afternoon of 23 October 2026.[1][2]The driver, 36, was alone and told officers he was carrying fertiliser.[1][2]
When the officers pulled back a tarpaulin under the load, they found marijuana
packed in tablets.[1][2]The PRF put the haul at about two tonnes.[1][2]
The driver said he had loaded the truck in Maringá, in Paraná, and was taking it
to Rio de Janeiro, where he would be paid for the transport.[1][2]He was
arrested.[1][2]Police took the drugs and the driver to the Federal Police
headquarters at Praça Mauá, in central Rio.[1][2]
The PRF described the load as “innumerable” tablets of marijuana under the
fertiliser.[1]The PRF did not name the driver, and g1 reported that the
police did not release his identity.[1][2]The police did not say where in Rio
de Janeiro the load was going, and no value was given for the cannabis.[1][2]
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