Seven people were arrested during a Minas Gerais Military Police operation in the Zona da Mata on Tuesday 3 November 2026.[1] The integrated action covered Carangola, Fervedouro, Divino and Orizânia and executed six search-and-seizure warrants.[1] Everyone detained and all the seized materials were forwarded to the Civil Police.[1] A 62-year-old man was arrested in flagrante in rural Fervedouro for illegal possession of a permitted firearm.[1] In the Santo Onofre neighbourhood in Carangola, officers caught two people buying drugs and arrested them.[1] Police said four other individuals were arrested in the same action for involvement in drug trafficking and association with trafficking.[1]
In Lacerdina district at Morro do Cruzeiro in Carangola, officers with the Rocca canine unit and sniffer dog Percy found a marijuana bar, a cocaine portion, a crack stone and eight .32 cartridges.[1] Searches of properties linked to suspected dealers found various portions of cocaine, marijuana, crack and hashish, plus precision scales, phones, cash, a radio and preparation and packaging materials.[1] The final tally listed three small marijuana fragments, one marijuana tablet and five packets containing marijuana, plus a small hashish portion.[1] The same tally listed cocaine and crack items that explain the mixed operation but are not counted as cannabis: 37 cocaine wraps, five large cocaine stones, one larger cocaine portion, four small stones resembling cocaine, and one large, six small and one bag of assorted crack stones.[1] Officers also seized R$419.60 in coins and R$1,850 in notes.[1] In rural Córrego Cachoeira Comprida officers found a Taurus .32 revolver loaded with six cartridges, plus other ammunition of the same calibre and a mobile phone.[1]
Officers seized two motorcycles with signs of adulteration during another judicial warrant in the same municipality.[1] In rural Córrego Carangolinha in Divino officers located a Toyota Hilux 4x4 with signs of identifier tampering suggesting cloning, which was seized for legal and forensic measures.[1] The PMMG is the Polícia Militar de Minas Gerais, the state military police, and Rocca is its Rondas Ostensivas Com Cães canine-patrol unit.[1]
