Couple arrested with 25 marijuana portions and cocaine paste in Cuiabá
A man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking during the Moinho Seguro operation in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, after the woman, who had no licence and drove a white Honda Biz, was found with 25 portions of a substance similar to marijuana and five portions of cocaine paste base. The two were taken to the Verdão police station.
🇧🇷 Avenida Jurumirim, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso · Brazil
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Agencies
Mato Grosso state police 3rd Battalion (3º BPM), RAIO
During the Moinho Seguro operation on Avenida Jurumirim in Cuiabá, a man and a
woman were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking on Thursday 12 November.[1]The woman, who was driving a white Honda Biz motorcycle, was found with 25
portions of a substance similar to marijuana and five portions of cocaine paste
base.[1]
She had no driver’s licence or driving permit.[1]She said the material was
hers.[2]
The couple was taken to the Verdão Central de Flagrantes and placed at the
disposal of the judiciary.[3]
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Arrested
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Agencies
Mato Grosso state police 3rd Battalion (3º BPM); RAIO
FTN Brasilftnbrasil.com.brPTCasal tenta fugir da PM em moto e acaba preso com maconha e pasta base em Cuiabá
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No weight or area figure is given for the seized marijuana; only the count of 25 portions and five cocaine-paste portions was published.
The cocaine paste is a non-cannabis substance, so its quantity is not counted toward cannabis figures and no combined drug weight was published.
No charges, plea or court outcome had been reported in these accounts; the couple were held in flagrante at the Verdão police station, so the case was at the investigation stage.
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