31-year-old held with 4 cannabis bars and 2 potted plants in Formiga
Military Police arrested a 31-year-old man on a motorcycle in Formiga's Cidade Nova neighbourhood on the night of 3 November 2026 and then searched his home. Officers reported four bars of maconha and two cannabis plants grown in pots, alongside ecstasy tablets, scales and cash that are not counted as cannabis.
🇧🇷 Rua Bento Damasceno Gomes, Cidade Nova, Formiga, Minas Gerais · Brazil
Military Police arrested a 31-year-old man in Formiga, Minas Gerais, on the
night of Tuesday 3 November 2026 on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1]The
arrest was recorded around 21:00 during an operation in the Cidade Nova
neighbourhood.[1]The Military Police of Minas Gerais, through the 63rd
Military Police Battalion (63º BPM), made the arrest for drug trafficking.[2]The action took place on Rua Bento Damasceno Gomes and followed monitoring and
information shared between teams of the 63rd Battalion.[1]During the patrol,
officers approached a motorcycle ridden by the suspect on Rua Doutor Teixeira
Soares.[1]
Officers found a portion of maconha and three ecstasy tablets in the man’s
backpack.[1]A search of his home found four bars of maconha, two cannabis
plants grown in pots, 147 ecstasy tablets, two precision scales and R$ 450 in
cash.[1]Portal G37 reports that, added to the three tablets found in the
backpack, officers collected 150 ecstasy tablets during the operation.[3]The
man was arrested in flagrante and taken to the police station with all the
seized material.[1]The motorcycle he used was removed to a licensed impound
yard.[1]
The Military Police said the operation formed part of their actions against drug
trafficking in Formiga and the surrounding region.[1]Portal G37 describes a
separate earlier operation that evening at about 18:02 on Rua dos Professores in
the Santa Tereza neighbourhood.[3]
Photos and video
Military Police photo showing a potted cannabis plant, small plastic bags, a precision scale, cash, and an officers' association pennant on a table; published with the report on the Cidade Nova seizure in Formiga. Photo: PMMGPhoto details
Portal G37portalg37.com.brPTPM prende dois homens e apreende 150 comprimidos de ecstasy, maconha e crack durante operações de combate ao tráfico em Formiga
Open questions the AI reported
No weight was published for the four maconha bars or the two potted plants, so no cannabis quantity in kilograms can be recorded.
The ecstasy tablets, the two precision scales, the R$ 450 in cash and the motorcycle are part of the same seizure but are not cannabis and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
TV Bambuí and Últimas Notícias give 21:00 for the incident, while Portal G37 says 20:54; the report uses the round figure and the difference is minor.
No charge, custody decision or court outcome was reported beyond arrest in flagrante and delivery to the police station.
The suspect is identified only by his age; no name or initials were published.
The three outlets largely repeat the Military Police account and no separate agency release was opened.
The Tribuna Centro Oeste page appearing in search results contains no readable article text, so it is not used as a source.
The 3 November 2026 incident date is inferred from the articles' references to Tuesday night and their 4 November 2026 publication dates, not from an explicit incident date.
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