Woman held with 3.3 kg of cannabis at João Pessoa airport
Federal Police arrested a woman at Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport in João Pessoa on 31 October 2026 after finding about 3.3 kg of cannabis in six tablets in her hand luggage and strapped to her body. She had flown from Manaus via Rio de Janeiro and was sent to the state prison system after the flagrant arrest was recorded.
🇧🇷 Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport, João Pessoa, Paraíba · Brazil
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 3.3 kg
Federal Police officers arrested a woman in flagrante (caught in the act) as she
disembarked at Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport in João Pessoa,
Paraíba, carrying about 3.3 kg of cannabis.[1] The drug was packed in six
tablets, hidden in her hand luggage and fixed to her body.[2] Officers found
it during a routine inspection at the airport aimed at interstate trafficking.[2] She had flown from Manaus, in Amazonas, with a stopover in Rio de Janeiro
before reaching the Paraíba capital.[1]
Police took her to the Federal Police’s regional superintendency in João Pessoa,
where the flagrant arrest was recorded.[2] She was then sent to the state
prison system, where she remains at the disposal of the courts.[1] The case
was registered as drug trafficking and will be investigated by the competent
authorities.[1]
The Federal Police did not name the woman or give other details of the
investigation.[1] The force also did not say whether it was investigating
where the cannabis came from or where it was going, or give the exact date of
the arrest.[3]
Sources
- Passageira é presa com quase 4 kg de maconha escondidos na bagagem e junto ao corpo no Aeroporto de João Pessoa. Fonte 83, 31 October 2026. In Portuguese.
- PF prende passageira com 3,3 kg de maconha no aeroporto de João Pessoa. Portal Correio, 31 October 2026. In Portuguese.
- Passageira que saiu de Manaus é presa com tabletes de maconha amarrados ao corpo no Aeroporto de João Pessoa. WSCOM, 31 October 2026. In Portuguese.
Open questions the AI reported
- The Fonte 83 headline says almost 4 kg, while its text, Portal Correio and WSCOM give about 3.3 kg; the report uses 3.3 kg.
- The Federal Police did not give the exact date of the arrest; 31 October 2026 is the date the Fonte 83 report gives and the day it was published.
- No charge, court hearing or sentence has been reported, and the woman was not publicly named.
- All three accounts rest on the Federal Police's version of the arrest; none reports an independent investigation.
- Portal Correio describes the airport as in the João Pessoa metropolitan region, while Fonte 83 calls it the João Pessoa airport; the report places the arrest at the airport itself.
