Bolivian, 25, held in Miranda bus with 30.2 kg of cannabis
Federal Highway Police arrested 25-year-old Bolivian Belmar Melgar Gualoa in Miranda after finding 30.2 kg of cannabis in two suitcases on a Corumbá-São Paulo bus. He said he was to be paid to carry the drugs to São Paulo and had a custody hearing in Campo Grande on 2 November 2026.
Federal Highway Police arrested 25-year-old Bolivian national Belmar Melgar
Gualoa in Mato Grosso do Sul for trying to transport two suitcases full of
cannabis.[1]The arrest took place during the weekend in Miranda, about 200
kilometres from Campo Grande.[1]He was travelling on an interstate bus on the
Corumbá-to-São Paulo route.[1][2]
The inspection took place a little over 200 kilometres after he boarded the bus.[1]During the luggage-hold inspection, two suitcases attracted officers
because of their heavy weight and characteristic cannabis smell.[1][2]Officers
checked the identification on the tags and called the passenger responsible for
the luggage.[1]He confirmed that the suitcases were his and admitted that he
was carrying drugs.[1]Weighing showed he was carrying 30.2 kilograms of
cannabis divided into plastic packaging hidden inside the suitcases.[1][2]
He told police he would receive a sum of money to take the drugs to São Paulo.[1]He said he did not know who was supposed to receive the drugs at the
destination.[1]He went before a custody hearing in the capital on Monday (2).[1][2]
He told police he would receive R$2,000 to carry the drugs from Corumbá to São Paulo.[2]
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Photo shows the two suitcases with cannabis in ziplock packaging. Photo: Reprodução/AutosPhoto details
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The article says the seizure occurred during the weekend before the 2 November 2026 custody hearing but gives no exact day; the incident is dated to 1 November 2026 as the closest weekend day.
The amount he was to be paid and who was to receive the drugs in São Paulo were not reported.
The result of the 2 November custody hearing and any later charge or court outcome were not reported.
Only one accessible source for this event was found; searches for a second account found none.
The page also mentions a separate seizure of 661 kg of coca leaf, a different event left out of this cannabis report.
The result of the 2 November custody hearing was still unpublished in this account.
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Civil Police arrested three men from Amazonas in a house in Cinturão Verde, Boa Vista, on 10 November 2026 with 201.5 kg of cannabis derivatives, including hashish and cannabis oil. Police valued the load at R$15 million and said it was meant for Rio de Janeiro; the men were booked for trafficking.
Military Police arrested a 36-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 39-year-old buyer during a raid on a suspected drug point in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, on 10 November 2026. Officers seized two cannabis tablets alongside crack, cocaine, three phones, bookkeeping notes and R$2,474 in cash, transferring all three to the Civil Police.
Military Police arrested a man and a woman in a ride-hailing car on Rua Aristiliano Ramos in Timbo on 10 November 2026. Officers seized about 500 g of a hashish-like substance in five wraps from the woman's bag and took both suspects to the Civil Police station.
