São Paulo Civil Police found a cannabis growing structure holding more than half a tonne of marijuana on a farm in Itatinga on the morning of Wednesday 11 November 2026.[1][2] The action was the third phase of Operação Green Veil and was carried out under a judicial search and seizure warrant.[1][2]

The team was met by the farm’s caretaker, who stayed with the officers during the search.[1][2] Officers found six greenhouses for growing the drug and a nursery with seedlings of the same plant, as well as areas for drying, processing and storing it.[1][2]

Police identified about 5,500 plants and seedlings.[1][2] They seized 89 packages holding more than 577 kilograms of plant material by net weight, plus two further packages weighing about 10 kilograms gross.[1][2] JCNET reported the total as 587 kilograms of marijuana.[3] Forensic officers took seven samples of the plantations for examination at the Instituto de Criminalística.[1][2]

The plants in the greenhouses and the nursery were destroyed by incineration after the work on the property.[1][2] JCNET reported that the case remained under investigation.[3]