Driver held with 107.7 kg of cannabis on SP-310 at Nhandeara
Highway patrol officers arrested a man carrying 107.7 kg of cannabis in a grey car stopped at km 512 of the SP-310 in Nhandeara, São Paulo, on 5 November 2026, after the FICCO task force warned the car might carry an illegal load. Officers seized 87 blocks and three pieces of pressed cannabis plus 34 packets of skunk, and the Military Police put the loss to organised crime at R$380,000.
🇧🇷 Rodovia Feliciano Sales Cunha (SP-310), km 512, Nhandeara, São Paulo · Brazil
Arrested
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Cannabis
107.7 kg
Vehicles confiscated
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Agencies
Tático Ostensivo Rodoviário (TOR), Força Integrada de Combate ao Crime Organizado (FICCO)
Highway police arrested a man on suspicion of drug trafficking on the afternoon
of Thursday 5 November 2026 on the Rodovia Feliciano Sales Cunha (SP-310) in
Nhandeara, north-west São Paulo state.[1]He was driving a grey car carrying
107.7 kg of cannabis in flower and skunk, the drugs packed into the trunk and
the back seat.[1]
The car was stopped at kilometre 512 during Operação Fluminis Custos, after the
FICCO task force alerted that it might be carrying an illegal load.[2]The
stop was made by the Tático Ostensivo Rodoviário, the highway patrol unit of the
Military Police, from its 3rd Highway Battalion, and the operation also involved
FICCO.[2]Officers found 87 blocks of pressed cannabis weighing 87.150 kg and
34 packets of skunk, a more potent form of the drug, weighing 20.550 kg.[1]The Military Police said the officers found 87 blocks and three pieces of
pressed cannabis, alongside the 34 packets of skunk.[2]The driver already had
a criminal record for robbery, and officers also seized the car and a mobile
phone.[1]
He was arrested in the act and taken with the car and the drugs to the Federal
Police in São José do Rio Preto, where he remained in custody.[2]The state
Military Police estimated the seizure dealt organised crime a loss of R$380,000.[2]The arrest came less than 48 hours after TOR and FICCO found 549.6 kg of
cannabis in Ouroeste on Wednesday 4 November, a separate case.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the Votunews report on the 107.7 kg cannabis seizure on the SP-310 in Nhandeara; the page gives no caption or credit for it.Photo details
The suspect was not named and no charge, court date or outcome was reported; the Military Police account says only that he remained in custody at the Federal Police station in São José do Rio Preto.
The Military Police headline gives 100 kg while Votunews gives 107.7 kg; the report uses the 107.7 kg outlet total of 87.150 kg of pressed cannabis and 20.550 kg of skunk.
The Military Police counts 87 blocks and three pieces of pressed cannabis while Votunews counts 87 tablets, and neither weighs the three extra pieces, so the 87.150 kg figure rests on the Votunews weighing.
The operation is called Fluminis Custos by Votunews and Fluminis Custus by the Military Police, and the sources give no official spelling.
The R$380,000 figure is the Military Police's estimate of the loss to organised crime, not a market price per kilogram.
The sources do not say whether the pressed blocks were pure hashish or pressed flower, so both parts are recorded as dried flower.
The Votunews page's photo has no caption or credit, so it is linked without an assertion that it shows this particular seizure.
Military police arrested seven suspected drug traffickers in the Água Branca neighbourhood of Contagem and seized 218 kg of cannabis. The suspects, all with prior criminal records, were taken to the Contagem Civil Police station for investigation.
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.
