Woman and teen caught with 12.7 kg of cannabis on bus
Military Police detained a 21-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl at the Nova Alvorada do Sul bus terminal on 1 November 2026. Officers seized about 12.7 kg of suspected marijuana from their luggage on a Campo Grande–Maringá bus.
🇧🇷 Terminal Rodoviário de Nova Alvorada do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul · Brazil
Military Police officers went to the bus terminal in Nova Alvorada do Sul, Mato
Grosso do Sul, on the morning of Sunday 1 November 2026 after receiving
information that two people were carrying drugs on a Campo Grande–Maringá line
bus.[1]The bus was on the Campo Grande to Maringá, Paraná, itinerary when it
was checked at the terminal.[1]When the suspects saw the police they tried to
flee on foot, but officers followed and stopped them.[1]The pair were a
21-year-old woman, who was arrested, and a 17-year-old girl, who was
apprehended, and the Conselho Tutelar, Brazil’s child-protection council, was
called to assist with the minor.[1]
Officers searched their luggage and found 19 packages of a substance described
as analogous to marijuana, weighing about 12.7 kilograms.[2]The two told
officers they had left Campo Grande and were carrying the drugs to Presidente
Prudente in São Paulo state, and would receive R$3,000 for the transport,
R$1,500 each.[1]After forensic examinations, both were taken to the Civil
Police station together with the seized substance for further procedures.[2]
Photos and video
Seized packages of the substance described as marijuana. Photo: Divulgação/PMMSPhoto details
A Críticaacritica.netPTPolícia Militar apreende 12,7 kg de droga, prende mulher e apreende adolescente em Nova Alvorada do Sul
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The names of the woman and the adolescent were not published.
The 12.7 kg figure is reported as approximate; no independent weighing is given.
No court outcome or custody decision after transfer to the Civil Police station was reported.
The A Crítica page carries a PMMS-credited photo of the seized drugs whose direct image address could not be recovered, so only the JD1 Notícias image is listed as media.
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