Woman arrested as 5.3 kg of marijuana is seized after Criciúma car chase
Military police in Criciúma chased a Renault Megane on the night of 13 May 2020 after a suspected drug deal, recovering 4.7 kilos of marijuana thrown from the car, 409 grams inside it and 195 grams at the driver's registered address. The driver and two passengers escaped after the car crashed and caught fire, while the wife of the car's owner was arrested and taken to the police station.
🇧🇷 Rodovia Alexandre Beloli, Criciúma, Santa Catarina · Brazil
Military police seized more than five kilos of marijuana in Criciúma on the
night of Wednesday 13 May 2020 after intercepting a drug transaction on the
Alexandre Beloli road.[1]
Tactical and Rocam motorcycle patrols were told a Renault Megane was involved in
a possible drug deal, and the driver ignored the order to stop and fled.[1]During the chase the occupants threw objects from the window near the Via Rápida
junction, and police found a bag with more than 4.7 kilos of marijuana.[1]In
Linha Anta the driver lost control and crashed into an embankment, the car
caught fire and the three men escaped through dense bush.[1]A further piece
of marijuana weighing 409 grams was found inside the Megane.[1]
At the registered address of the car, belonging to a trafficker known to police,
the man’s wife let the officers in and was arrested.[1]At the house police
found six lumps of marijuana weighing a total of 195 grams, 650 reais in cash,
two scales, plastic bags and knives used to divide the drug, and took the woman
to the police station.[1]The three men who fled had not been found when the
report was published.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The report says police seized more than five kilos while its individual figures add to 5.304 kg (4.7 kg found on the road, 409 g in the car and 195 g at the house); the stated parts are used and the 4.7 kilos is itself given as 'more than'.
No charge, custody decision or court outcome beyond referral to the police station was reported for the woman arrested.
The three men who fled, including the driver and the car owner identified only as a trafficker known to police, had not been found at publication and are not identified.
Only one source, a Military Police account published by Engeplus, could be opened; no agency statement or second outlet account was found in searches.
The crash site (Linha Anta) and the Via Rápida junction are named, but the house address is not, so the coordinates use Criciúma town centre.
The lead photo is captioned only 'Foto: Divulgação' and does not confirm what it shows; the second image on the page has no caption or credit and is omitted.
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