Manhuaçu man arrested over mixed drug stock that included cannabis
Civil Police in Manhuaçu, Minas Gerais, arrested one man in flagrante for drug trafficking on 4 November 2026 after searches at his workplace, his home and his grandmother's flat. Officers took about 10 kg of mixed drugs out of circulation, including marijuana and hashish alongside ecstasy tablets and LSD.
Civil Police in Manhuaçu, a municipality in Minas Gerais’ Zona da Mata, arrested
one suspect in flagrante for drug trafficking on Wednesday 4 November 2026.[1]Police said the suspect bought and stored drugs to sell in the city, and that
the investigation mapped how he operated before officers approached him.[1]
The operation began at the man’s workplace, where officers found a small amount
of drugs, then moved to his home, where drugs were hidden in several rooms
including the refrigerator.[1]The searches ended at the home of the suspect’s
grandmother, on the upper floor of the same building where he lived, where Civil
Police officers seized most of the drugs.[1]
In total, Civil Police took about 10 kilograms of mixed drugs out of
circulation, among them marijuana, hashish, ecstasy tablets and LSD, and seized
items and packaging used to divide the material.[1]The suspect was arrested
in flagrante for drug trafficking, taken to the police station for legal
procedures, and then transferred to the prison system, where he was held at the
disposal of the court.[1]
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RCWTV's photo illustrating the Civil Police arrest in Manhuaçu; the page gives no description of what it depicts beyond the arrest report. Photo: RCWTVPhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency
Civil Police of Minas Gerais (PCMG)
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis; Hashish
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Home, Shop
Charge
drug trafficking
Case stage
Charged
Region
Minas Gerais
Sources
RCWTVrcwtv.com.brPTManhuaçu registra prisão em flagrante e apreensão de drogas
Open questions the AI reported
The 10 kg total covers marijuana, hashish, ecstasy tablets and LSD together; the article gives no separate weight for the marijuana or the hashish, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
No count of ecstasy tablets or LSD doses is published.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in Portuguese; no agency statement or second outlet account could be opened.
The article gives no age, name or street address for the suspect, and places the searches only within the municipality of Manhuaçu.
No court decision on pre-trial detention is reported; the article says only that he was held at the court's disposal.
The RCWTV photo is not described in its caption, so the media caption states only that it illustrates the arrest report.
The text gives a weight ("10 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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