28-year-old arrested with 126 drug portions, including marijuana, in Encantado
A 28-year-old man was arrested for drug trafficking in the Navegantes neighbourhood of Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul, on 27 October 2026. Military Police seized 98 crack rocks, 20 cocaine portions and eight marijuana portions from him, along with three phones and R$224, and found an open arrest warrant from Ceará.
🇧🇷 Navegantes, Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil
A 28-year-old man was arrested for drug trafficking during a police approach in
the Navegantes neighbourhood of Encantado, in Rio Grande do Sul, southern
Brazil, on the afternoon of Tuesday 27 October 2026.[1]The Brigada Militar,
the state military police, found an open arrest warrant issued by the courts of
Ceará, a state in north-eastern Brazil, against him.[2]
Officers seized 98 rocks of a substance similar to crack, 20 portions of cocaine
and eight portions of marijuana, 126 drug units in all according to Força do
Vale.[2]Eight of them were marijuana; the rest were crack and cocaine.[1]Police also took three mobile phones and R$224 in cash.[2]
He was taken for medical care and then presented at the police station with the
seized material.[2]The 22nd Military Police Battalion handled the occurrence
as part of operations against drug trafficking and the service of arrest
warrants in the region.[2]
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The crack, cocaine and marijuana portions, three mobile phones and R$224 in cash seized in Encantado, laid out in front of a Brigada Militar banner; no credit given.Photo details
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No weight was published for the eight marijuana portions, which were counted only as portions.
Neither account reports charges, a custody decision or a court date, or what happened to the open warrant from Ceará.
Only two regional outlets reported the arrest; no statement from the Brigada Militar or the Civil Police was found.
A separate Military Police seizure in Encantado on 31 October, of ecstasy, cocaine and marijuana on Estrada do Alegrete, is a different event and is left out.
Military police arrested seven suspected drug traffickers in the Água Branca neighbourhood of Contagem and seized 218 kg of cannabis. The suspects, all with prior criminal records, were taken to the Contagem Civil Police station for investigation.
Civil Police arrested three men from Amazonas in a house in Cinturão Verde, Boa Vista, on 10 November 2026 with 201.5 kg of cannabis derivatives, including hashish and cannabis oil. Police valued the load at R$15 million and said it was meant for Rio de Janeiro; the men were booked for trafficking.
Military Police arrested a 36-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 39-year-old buyer during a raid on a suspected drug point in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, on 10 November 2026. Officers seized two cannabis tablets alongside crack, cocaine, three phones, bookkeeping notes and R$2,474 in cash, transferring all three to the Civil Police.
Military Police arrested a man and a woman in a ride-hailing car on Rua Aristiliano Ramos in Timbo on 10 November 2026. Officers seized about 500 g of a hashish-like substance in five wraps from the woman's bag and took both suspects to the Civil Police station.
