Couple arrested with 2 kg of marijuana and a .40 pistol in Campinas
Police in the Vila Union neighbourhood of Campinas, São Paulo, arrested a man and a woman for drug trafficking, seizing about 2 kilograms of marijuana, a concentrated cannabis derivative and a .40 pistol with its serial number removed. The man said the drugs were for sale and that a 500-gram portion had been bought for R$ 25,000, to be resold at R$ 50,000; R$ 10,000 in cash was also taken.
Police in the Vila Union neighbourhood of Campinas, São Paulo, arrested a man
and a woman for drug trafficking.[1]Officers had been carrying out an arrest
warrant against the woman when they stopped her partner in a condominium parking
lot.[1]
In the man’s car officers found portions of drugs and a packet of about 500
grams of marijuana.[1]A search of the couple’s home yielded more marijuana,
bringing the total to about 2 kilograms, together with a concentrated cannabis
derivative, two precision scales, materials for preparing drugs, and a
.40-calibre pistol with its serial number removed.[1]
The man told police the drugs were for sale and that each portion of about 500
grams had been bought for R$ 25,000, with a planned resale price of R$ 50,000.[1]Both were arrested in flagrante for drug trafficking with a firearm and
left at the disposal of the judiciary.[1]
Case data
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Santa Catarina Military Police executed an outstanding arrest warrant on 12 November 2026 in the São João Margem Esquerda neighbourhood of Tubarão, seizing 14 portions of marijuana totalling 320.3 grams from a stopped vehicle. The 18-year-old driver, arrested for drug trafficking, said he delivered narcotics by phone.
On 12 November 2026 the Força Tática unit of the 11th Military Police Company stopped an app-hailing car carrying six cannabis blocks in Nova Lima, Campo Grande, and later arrested the supposed ringleader in Parque do Lageado, where 208 more cannabis portions were found. Two teenagers, who were to split R$500 for the delivery, were apprehended and the 18-year-old arrested.
Military Police arrested a man for drug trafficking on the night of 12 November 2026 in the Morro do Mocotó in Florianópolis, during Operação Lei e Ordem. Officers seized 395 grams of hashish and 56 grams of marijuana, along with 90 grams of crack and 3 grams of cocaine.
A man was arrested for suspected drug trafficking in the Martins neighbourhood of Rio Verde, Goiás, in the early hours of 12 November 2026 after fleeing a Military Police patrol on a motorcycle and discarding a bag. Officers recovered approximately 135 g of a cannabis-like substance and a precision scale.
