27-year-old held in Campos after 1 cannabis cigarette seized
Police detained a 27-year-old man at Praca Barao do Rio Branco in Campos dos Goytacazes after seeing him smoking a handmade cannabis cigarette. A check found an open arrest warrant for child-support debt, and he was taken to the 134th Police Station where he remained detained.
🇧🇷 Praça Barão do Rio Branco, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Seguranca Presente officers detained a 27-year-old man on the afternoon of
Tuesday 3 November at Praca Barao do Rio Branco in central Campos dos
Goytacazes.[1]A systems check during the stop found an open arrest warrant
against him for child-support debt.[1]Officers took him to the 134th Police
Station in Centro, where he remained detained at the disposal of the courts.[1]
Officers on patrol saw the man sitting in the square smoking a handmade
cigarette that gave off a strong odour characteristic of marijuana.[1]When he
noticed the patrol car he tried to move quickly away from the spot, apparently
to avoid being approached, but officers caught him.[1]A personal search
seized one handmade cigarette with characteristics similar to marijuana.[1]
The square is on Rua Baronesa da Lagoa Dourada, near a school, in the central
area of Campos dos Goytacazes in the Norte Fluminense region.[1]The patrol
account is attributed to the Seguranca Presente programme.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Setting
Field, Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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Open questions the AI reported
No weight was published for the single handmade cigarette, so no cannabis quantity in kilograms can be recorded.
No separate cannabis charge was reported; the continued detention was stated as execution of the child-support warrant, and any later court outcome is unknown.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Portuguese.
The article was published on 4 November 2026 and dates the incident to the afternoon of Tuesday the 3rd, which is used as the incident date.
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