A 45-year-old man was arrested in flagrante for drug trafficking in the early hours of Sunday, 1 November 2026, in Conselheiro Lafaiete in central Minas Gerais.[1] Minas Gerais Military Police officers identified a Fiat Argo acting suspiciously near the BR-040, and the driver accelerated, drove recklessly and disobeyed stop orders when he noticed the patrol car.[1] Other police teams were urgently called in to assist with intercepting the fleeing vehicle.[1]

During the roadside search, officers found 25 bars of maconha, the Brazilian Portuguese word for marijuana, together with eight pins of cocaine and two containers holding a substance described as similar to ecstasy.[1] During the same pursuit, another team located 172 additional bars of marijuana concealed in an area of vegetation.[1] Together, the roadside and vegetation finds brought the reported marijuana haul to 197 bars.[1]

The driver was taken to the on-duty police station to give a statement on the trafficking allegation.[1] The Fiat Argo involved in the chase was seized and removed by the Military Police.[1] The case was a highway pursuit on the BR-040 in Minas Gerais that ended in the seizure.[1]