Driver held with 18.4 kg of marijuana under spare tyre on BR-153 in Jaraguá
Federal Highway Police stopped a GM Astra on the BR-153 at Jaraguá, Goiás, on 8 November 2026 and found 18.4 kilograms of marijuana hidden under the spare tyre, arresting the driver on suspicion of drug trafficking. The driver told officers he had left Nova Glória for Anápolis and said the drug was for personal use; he was taken to the Civil Police station in Jaraguá.
Federal Highway Police officers arrested a man on suspicion of drug trafficking
on the BR-153 at Jaraguá, in central Goiás, late on the afternoon of Sunday 8
November 2026.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]Officers found 18.4 kilograms of marijuana hidden under the
spare tyre of the car he was driving, the PRF said.[1][2][5][6][7][8][9]
The driver of a GM Astra was stopped during a routine check.[1][5][6][7]PRF-GO teams and the Special Operations Nucleus stopped the vehicle during a routine inspection under Operation Conatus.[8]According to
the PRF, he showed nervousness and gave contradictory information about his
route.[1][8]During the search of the vehicle, officers found the tablets of the
drug in the boot.[1]
The corporation said the driver told officers he had left Nova Glória and was
heading for Anápolis.[1][3][5][6][7][8][9]Questioned about the drug, he claimed the substance
was for “personal use”.[1][3][6][7][8][9]
The man already had a criminal record for illegal possession of a firearm, according to the police.[2][3][4][5][6][8]
Officers found several tablets of marijuana hidden in the boot, under the spare tyre, during a detailed search of the vehicle, the same page describing both the tablets in the boot and the space under the spare tyre.[4]
The stop in Jaraguá was carried out during Operation Conatus IX, Phase 3, a highway police crackdown on drug trafficking.[7]
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UOLnoticias.uol.com.brPTHomem é preso com 18kg de maconha no carro e alega 'consumo próprio'
G5Newsg5news.com.brPTMotorista é preso com 18 kg de maconha, diz que droga era para 'consumo pessoal' e assusta até a PRF em Goiás — G5News
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The article gives no exact kilometre marker, no name, age or home town of the driver, and no charge, custody decision or court step.
The weight of 18.4 kilograms comes from the PRF statement reproduced by the outlet; no exact scale reading or laboratory confirmation of the substance was published.
The amount of money seized is not stated, and the source does not say whether it was recorded as drug proceeds.
The article describes the drug as hidden under the spare tyre and elsewhere as tablets in the boot; the two hiding places are not reconciled.
No separate PRF statement or second outlet account of the stop could be opened, so the report rests on the submitted outlet alone, and Portal Zap Catalão follows the PRF statement closely.
The page carries one PRF handout photo; no other distinct image of the stop was available.
Metrópoles says the drug was hidden in the car's boot (porta-malas), while the earlier account described it as under the spare tyre; the two hiding places are not reconciled.
The amount of money seized is still not stated, and the source does not say whether it was recorded as drug proceeds.
The article gives no exact kilometre marker and no name, age or home town of the driver, and no charge, custody decision or court step beyond the referral to the Jaraguá Civil Police station.
Both accounts reproduce PRF information; the weight of 18.4 kilograms has no published scale reading or laboratory confirmation of the substance.
The page's own video and the PRF handout photo could not be linked separately here beyond the publisher's image address.
The Terra MT Digital account also calls the drug 18.4 kilograms without a scale reading or laboratory confirmation of the substance.
The article gives no exact kilometre marker, no name, age or home town of the driver, and no custody decision or later court step.
A Redação, like the outlets already cited, reproduces the PRF account; it gives no scale reading or laboratory confirmation of the substance.
The page states that the marijuana tablets were in the boot compartment and under the spare tyre, which reconciles the earlier descriptions only if the spare tyre was carried in the boot; this is the outlet's wording and not a separate measurement.
The amount of cash seized is still not given, and no court step, charge or custody decision is reported.
Tribuna do Planalto reproduces the PRF account without a scale reading or laboratory confirmation of the substance, and does not give the amount of cash seized or any charge, custody decision or court step.
NC News also describes the drug as 18.4 kilograms without a published scale reading or laboratory confirmation of the substance.
The operation name Operação Conatus IX – Fase 3 appears only in this account; the other outlets' reports of the same stop did not name it.
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.
