Federal Highway Police (Polícia Rodoviária Federal, PRF) officers seized more than half a tonne of skunk during an inspection on the BR-070 at Jussara, in Goiás, in the early hours of Wednesday 11 November 2026.[1] The truck’s driver, aged 44, was arrested in the act (em flagrante) for drug trafficking.[2]

The stop took place at kilometre 319 of the highway after a risk analysis flagged the vehicle as suspicious.[3] According to the PRF, the driver gave contradictory accounts of his route and could not produce documents to support what he told officers.[1] Inspecting the apparently empty cargo compartment, officers noticed unusual lining on the sides and floor of the box and found a false bottom hiding about 591 packages of skunk.[1]

The load had been picked up in Cacoal, in Rondônia, and was to be delivered in Goiânia, the capital of Goiás.[3] Metrópoles reported that the truck had travelled 1,600 kilometres between Rondônia and Goiás before it was stopped.[4] The PRF said the driver was to receive R$10,000 for transporting the illicit load.[1] The driver, the truck and the seized drugs were taken to the Civil Police station in Itapirapuã for the legal procedures.[3] Metrópoles reported that the driver remained at the disposal of the justice system.[4]

Skunk is a cannabis variety known for its high concentration of THC, the main psychoactive substance in marijuana, which is why it is popularly called supermaconha, or super marijuana, in Brazil.[3]