Woman taken to police station after 2 kg cannabis seizure in Catalão
Military police in Catalão, Goiás, seized about 2 kg of cannabis, nine ecstasy portions, a precision scale and a car on the night of 30 October 2026, and took a woman to the civil police station. The man stopped in the street escaped and was not found, and police said the woman stored the drugs while he handled distribution and deliveries.
Military police took a woman to the civil police station in Catalão, Goiás, on
the night of Friday 30 October 2026, during an operation against drug
trafficking by the Military Police’s Specialised Policing Company (CPE).[1]The CPE Comando team was on tactical patrol when it approached a man who tried
to flee as the patrol car came near.[2]A personal search found a portion of a
substance similar to cannabis, and the man said he was going to deliver it to
another person.[1]
With the express authorisation of the woman who lived there, officers searched a
house, where they found cannabis portions prepared for sale, about one and a
half bars of the same substance and a precision scale.[2]The Military Police
said the inquiries indicated a division of tasks between the couple: the woman
would store the drugs and the man would distribute and deliver them.[1]
In all, the police seized about 2 kg of cannabis, nine portions of ecstasy, a
precision scale and a car.[1]The woman was taken to the police station with
the seized material and the vehicle, which police said was used for deliveries.[1]The case was presented to the Civil Police for legal measures.[2]The
case involves suspected drug trafficking and association for trafficking.[2]The man described as the second suspect fled and was not located.[1]
Photos and video
Cannabis, nine ecstasy portions, a precision scale and the seized car after the CPE operation in Catalão. Photo: Divulgação/Polícia Militar (Goiás Military Police handout).Photo details
The reports say the woman was taken to the civil police station but do not say whether she was formally arrested, charged or released; she is counted as detained.
No street value was given for the drugs, and the nine ecstasy portions were not weighed.
The reports name no neighbourhood for the house that was searched, and the man who escaped was not named.
The reports do not say at what point the man escaped after officers had already searched him.
Catalão Online's lead image is an uncaptioned screenshot, so only the Military Police photo of the seized material is listed.
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