Man detained as police seize more than 1 kg of marijuana in Limeira
Military police detained a man and seized marijuana, crack and cocaine in the Odécio Degan neighbourhood of Limeira, São Paulo, on the night of Tuesday 10 November 2026. Policial Padrão reported more than 1 kg of marijuana, while Rápido no Ar, reporting the same action, gave no quantities.
Military police detained a man in the Odécio Degan neighbourhood of Limeira, São
Paulo, on the night of Tuesday 10 November 2026.[1]Rápido no Ar reported that
the man ran when he saw a Força Tática patrol car and abandoned a bag with drugs
during the chase.[1]Officers had been patrolling Rua Lauro Camargo da
Silveira when they saw him; he fled toward the green area, where the team set up
a cordon.[1]They caught him after a few minutes.[1]The abandoned bag held
portions of marijuana, cocaine and crack, but no quantities were disclosed.[1]He was taken to the Limeira police station while the case continued.[1]
Policial Padrão reported that Military Police officers on patrol near a
children’s school saw three suspects acting suspiciously and seized more than 1
kg of marijuana along with portions of crack and cocaine.[2]Policial Padrão
described the action as reinforcing the fight against drug trafficking in the
Piracicaba region.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The exact marijuana weight was not published: Policial Padrão reported only 'more than 1 kg', while Rápido no Ar gave no quantities for any of the drugs.
The accounts differ on the circumstances: Policial Padrão says officers saw three suspects near a children's school, while Rápido no Ar describes one man fleeing from a patrol car on Rua Lauro Camargo da Silveira.
The action is dated to the night of Tuesday 10 November in one account and to the afternoon of Wednesday 11 November in another passage; the Tuesday night date is used.
No charges, custody decision or court outcome was reported; the case was at the police-station stage.
The detained man's name, age and other identifying details were not published.
The crack and cocaine were not weighed and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
Whether the other two suspects mentioned by Policial Padrão were identified or detained was not reported.
Santa Catarina's BOPE special operations battalion seized about 420 kg of a substance resembling marijuana from an uninhabited house used as a drug depot in Guarda do Cubatão, Palhoça, in the early hours of 11 November 2026 after a neighbours' tip. Officers saw the tablets through a window; the load went to the Civil Police station and no arrests were announced.
Federal Highway Police arrested a 44-year-old truck driver in the early hours of 11 November 2026 after finding more than half a tonne of skunk, about 591 packages, in a false bottom of his truck's cargo body at km 319 of the BR-070 in Jussara, Goiás. The load had left Cacoal, Rondônia, bound for Goiânia, and the driver was to be paid R$10,000.
Paraná's Border Police Battalion and federal agencies seized 7,781 kg of marijuana and skunk hidden in a maize load on a bitrem truck stopped on BR-163 near Marechal Cândido Rondon, and arrested a 30-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman. The operation, part of Operação Protetor, ran from 10 to 11 November 2026, and the battalion put the loss to organised crime at R$16,318,000.
On 11 November 2026 the Civil Police in Apucarana incinerated 6.8 tonnes of marijuana seized by the Federal Highway Police in September. That load made up most of the 10.3 tonnes seized in the Apucarana region from January to September 2026, up from 4.9 tonnes a year earlier.
