One cannabis tablet seized from 26-year-old in Montes Claros
Military police stopped a 26-year-old man leaving a vegetation area in Bairro José Corrêa Machado, Montes Claros, on 4 November 2026 and found a small marijuana-like tablet in his pocket. Checks showed prior records for trafficking, robbery and receiving, and the tablet and incident report were forwarded to the competent authorities.
🇧🇷 Bairro José Corrêa Machado, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais · Brazil
Military police stopped a 26-year-old man in Bairro José Corrêa Machado in
Montes Claros, in the Norte de Minas region, on the afternoon of Wednesday 4
November 2026.[1]The stop happened during preventive patrolling when officers
saw the suspect coming out of a vegetation area situated behind the
neighbourhood.[1]
Police records describe that vegetation area as a place used for hiding and
storing drugs intended for illegal trade.[1]The officers considered the
behaviour suspicious and carried out the approach.[1]During a personal
search, officers found a small tablet of a marijuana-like substance in the left
pocket of the clothing of the person stopped.[1]
A check of security systems showed the young man already had previous criminal
records for drug trafficking, robbery and receptação, the offence of receiving
stolen goods.[1]The illicit material was seized and sent with the recorded
incident report to the competent authorities for the applicable legal measures.[1]The seizure was carried out by the Polícia Militar, the uniformed state
military police.[1]
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No weight was published for the small tablet, so no cannabis kilogram figure can be recorded.
The source reports an abordagem and forwarding of the occurrence but does not explicitly report an arrest, charge or court outcome, so no arrested or charged figure is recorded.
The incident date of 4 November 2026 is the Wednesday named in the article published on 5 November 2026.
Only one accessible outlet account could be opened after searching in Portuguese; no agency statement or second outlet account could be opened.
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