Inmate's wife caught with cannabis package in her body at Junqueirópolis prison visit
Penal police at the Penitenciária de Junqueirópolis in São Paulo state stopped the wife of an inmate who arrived for a weekend visit with a package of cannabis on her body, spotted on the body scanner. She handed the package over, was taken to the Civil Police's Central de Flagrantes, and the prison opened an internal procedure.
🇧🇷 Penitenciária de Junqueirópolis, Junqueirópolis, São Paulo · Brazil
A woman was intercepted with a package of cannabis on her body as she tried to
enter the Penitenciária de Junqueirópolis in São Paulo state to visit her
imprisoned husband over the weekend.[1]Penal police officers carrying out the
body-scanner search identified an irregular image in the pelvic region of the
inmate’s wife.[1]
When officers questioned her about the anomaly, the woman spontaneously handed
them a package containing a portion of cannabis.[1]She was taken to the
Central de Flagrantes of the Civil Police, where the applicable measures were
adopted.[1]
The prison opened an internal procedure to establish what happened.[1]The
details were released on Monday 9 November 2026 by Ceproeste, the Penal
Enforcement Coordination for the Western Region.[1]
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Photo published with the report on the visitor intercepted at the Junqueirópolis penitentiary, captioned as the woman caught with cannabis on her body while trying to visit her imprisoned husband. Photo: CeproestePhoto details
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Open questions the AI reported
The report gives no date for the visit, saying only that it happened "no fim de semana" (over the weekend); 8 November 2026, the Sunday before the 9 November publication, is used as the incident date.
No weight or quantity was published for the cannabis portion, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
No charge, detention ruling or court outcome was reported; the account says only that she was taken to the Central de Flagrantes and that the prison opened an internal procedure.
Only one source was found after searches in Portuguese; the account rests on the Ceproeste statement republished by Ifronteira.
The page photo is credited to Ceproeste with a caption describing the intercepted woman, but it is not possible to confirm from the text what it shows.
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