About 19,000 marijuana plants eradicated in rural Juazeiro, Bahia
Bahia military police eradicated a marijuana planting of about 19,000 plants in caatinga near Quipa in rural Juazeiro on 9 November 2026. Officers of the 74th CIPM/Rural destroyed the crop and sent samples to Juazeiro's drugs and narcotics station.
Bahia’s Military Police eradicated a marijuana planting on Monday 9 November
2026 in a caatinga scrubland area near the Quipa region in the rural zone of
Juazeiro in northern Bahia.[1][2][3][4][5]The operation was carried out by officers of
the 74th Independent Military Police Company for rural policing, acting through
its Rural Tactical Operations Platoon and its Urban Tactical Operations Platoon.[1][2][3][4][5]
The police put the size of the planting at approximately 19,000 marijuana
plants.[1][2][6][3][4][5]After locating the cultivation, the officers carried out the
eradication of the plantation at the site.[1][2][6][3][4]Samples of the eradicated
material were forwarded to the Drugs and Narcotics Station (DTE) in Juazeiro,
where the applicable legal measures will be adopted.[1][2][6][3][4][5]
Photos and video
Handout photo of the cannabis planting in caatinga scrubland near Quipa in rural Juazeiro, published with the report on the 74th CIPM/Rural eradication. Photo: WhatsApp / divulgaçãoPhoto details
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Arrested 0Plants destroyed 3,000Area 1 haCannabis 17 kg
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Brazil's Federal Police uprooted about 20,000 cannabis plants and arrested three people on 4 November 2026 on four plots in the rural zone of Paes Landim, southern Piauí. The force estimated the destroyed crop could have produced about four tonnes of cannabis.
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