Two men arrested with 1.5 kg of marijuana at Criciúma traffic checkpoint
Military police stopped a car at a traffic checkpoint on Rua Arcângelo Meller in Criciúma's Santa Augusta neighbourhood on the night of 10 September 2026 and arrested the two men inside, aged 29 and 30. Officers found about 1.5 kg of marijuana and two mobile phones in the car and 910 reais in cash with one of the occupants; the driver also had a suspended licence and refused a breath test.
🇧🇷 Rua Arcângelo Meller, bairro Santa Augusta, Criciúma, Santa Catarina · Brazil
Two men, aged 29 and 30, were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking in
Criciúma on the night of Thursday 10 September 2026.[1]Military police
stopped their car at a traffic checkpoint on Rua Arcângelo Meller in the Santa
Augusta neighbourhood at about 21h20.[2]During a personal search officers
found 910 reais in cash with one of the occupants.[2]A search of the car
turned up approximately 1.5 kg of marijuana and two mobile phones.[2]
The driver refused the breathalyser test and officers found that his driving
licence was suspended.[2]Both men were arrested for drug trafficking and
taken to the Civil Police station with the car and the seized material.[3]Both were arrested in the act and were held at the disposal of the police
authority.[1]The car, the money, the phones and the marijuana were sent to
the police station with them.[4]
Photos and video
Military Police handout published with the report on the Santa Augusta traffic stop, captioned only as a Military Police handout (Divulgação | PMSC). Photo: Military Police of Santa CatarinaPhoto details
The weight is given as approximately 1.5 kilograms, not an exact measured figure, and no street value estimate was published.
The marijuana is not described beyond the generic term maconha; no laboratory confirmation or product breakdown was reported.
No charges, custody decision or court outcome beyond referral to the Civil Police station in flagrante was reported.
The driver's suspended licence and refusal of the breathalyser test are described without a traffic offence being charged in the opened sources.
The four opened outlets reproduce the same Military Police account, so they corroborate rather than independently investigate it; no Military Police statement or Civil Police account was opened.
The photo on the Engeplus page is credited only as a Military Police handout (Divulgação | PMSC) and its caption does not state what it shows; the same handout appears on Mais Sul credited only to the Military Police.
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