33-year-old arrested with 1.1 kg of cannabis in Gravatal
Military Police arrested a 33-year-old man for drug trafficking in Gravatal's Pouso Alto neighbourhood on the night of 4 November 2026 after reports of drug sales by tele-entrega delivery. Officers found 1 kg of marijuana in his car and a further 96.9 grams at his home, alongside small amounts of cocaine and ecstasy.
🇧🇷 Bairro Pouso Alto, Gravatal, Santa Catarina · Brazil
Military Police arrested a 33-year-old man for drug trafficking in the Pouso
Alto neighbourhood of Gravatal on the night of 4 November 2026, at about 9:27
pm.[1][2]The action followed reports that drugs were being sold frequently in
the town by tele-entrega, a delivery service in which orders are placed by
phone.[3][2]
When officers stopped the vehicle the suspect was driving they found 1 kg of
marijuana in it.[1][2][4]A search of his home then found a further 78.8 grams of
marijuana and a tube containing 18.1 grams of the same drug, a weight that
includes the packaging.[1][2]EXTRA.SC reported further portions of the same drug
at the house without giving those gram weights.[4]Eximproviso News put the
marijuana recovered in the stop and the home search at approximately 1.1 kg.[5]At the property officers also seized2 grams of cocaine and five ecstasy tablets,
which are not counted in the cannabis total.[1][2][4][5]
The man was taken with all the seized substances to the Civil Police station for
legal procedures.[3][2][5]The vehicle used to transport the drugs was also seized
and left at the disposal of the police authority and the courts.[3][2][5]
The arrest was one of three relevant occurrences in the Military Police’s regional roundup covering the 24 hours from 7 am on Wednesday 4 to 7 am on Thursday 5 November 2026.[6]
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Police photo of the seized drugs in the Gravatal arrest. Photo: PMSCPhoto details
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.
