Federal Police destroy 4,238 cannabis plants in Coruripe, Alagoas
On 22 October 2026 Brazil's Federal Police, with Alagoas military police special units, destroyed 4,238 cannabis plants on about 1,536 m² in rural Pindorama, Coruripe. Technical estimates put potential yield at up to 600 kg after harvest and drying; two suspects were arrested at a nearby camp with fertiliser and irrigation gear.
🇧🇷 Pindorama rural zone, Coruripe, Alagoas · Brazil
On Thursday 22 October 2026 Brazil’s Federal Police, backed by the Companhia Independente de
Operações Especiais do Sertão of the Alagoas military police, destroyed an illegal cannabis
plantation in the rural zone of Pindorama, Coruripe, on the Alagoas coast.[1][2]
Officers found and destroyed 4,238 cannabis plants on about 1,536 square metres.[1][2]Technical
estimates said the plot could have yielded up to 600 kilograms of marijuana after harvest, drying
and processing.[1][2]
Near the grow, agents found a camp with fertiliser, irrigation gear and other cultivation
supplies.[2]Two people suspected of planting and processing were arrested, taken first to the
Pindorama integrated public-security centre, then to the Federal Police in Alagoas.[2]The
Federal Police said inquiries continue into who ran the crop and any organised-crime links.[1]
Photos and video
A Federal Police officer carries uprooted cannabis plants among irrigation pipes at the Coruripe site.Photo details
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