549 kg of cannabis found in abandoned car in Ouroeste cane field
Police found 549.6 kg of cannabis in tablets inside a car abandoned in a sugarcane field in Ouroeste, São Paulo, on 4 November 2026. No suspect was found at the scene, and the vehicle and drugs were taken to the Federal Police in Jales for investigation.
🇧🇷 Canavial em Ouroeste, São Paulo · Brazil
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Cannabis
549.6 kg
Agencies
Força Integrada de Combate ao Crime Organizado (FICCO/SP), Tático Ostensivo Rodoviário (TOR) +1
Highway officers found a car abandoned in a sugarcane field beside a highway in
Ouroeste, São Paulo, on Wednesday 4 November 2026.[1][2][3][4][5]During the inspection,
officers found hundreds of cannabis tablets hidden in the vehicle, in the trunk
and on the back seat.[1][6][3][4][5][7]The Federal Police weighed the load at 549.6 kg of
maconha in the Ouroeste region.[8]São Paulo public-security authorities
estimated the seizure caused more than R$1 million in losses to organised crime.[1][2][6][3]
The operation was led by the Tático Ostensivo Rodoviário with the FICCO task
force and the Public Ministry.[1][3][4][5][7]Canine teams from the 9th BAEP, officers of
the 16th Interior Police Battalion and the Minas Gerais military police also
took part.[1][6][3][4]
Officers searched the surrounding area, but no one was found to take
responsibility for the car and the driver was not located.[1][3][4][5][9]The vehicle and
the drugs were taken to the Federal Police station in Jales, which continues to
investigate to identify those responsible for the transport.[8][3][5][7]
The vehicle was a rented car, and the rental documents were left inside it.[10]The car was found near kilometre 188 of the SP-463 highway in Ouroeste.[11][7]
Personal documents left inside the car gave police an initial identification of the driver, who ran into the vegetation before officers arrived.[7]
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Abandoned red car in a sugarcane field in Ouroeste during the highway police action. Photo: PMRv/DivulgaçãoPhoto details
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The opened accounts do not specify the exact spot in the cane field, such as the road or kilometre marker.
No suspect was named and no arrest, charge or court outcome was reported; the investigation was still under way.
The R$1 million figure is the authorities' estimated loss to organised crime, not a separate weighed valuation.
The weight is published as 549 kg in the Policial Padrão and PMESP headlines and as 549.6 kg by the Federal Police, so the exact rounded count differs between accounts.
Fato Paulista describes the FICCO task force as linked to the Public Ministry, while the Federal Police's own statement lists its members as federal and São Paulo state agencies.
Fato Paulista gives no exact weight, only more than half a tonne, so the 549.6 kg figure still rests on the Federal Police count.
Agência SP gives no exact weight, only "more than meia tonelada", so it does not settle the difference between the 549 kg and 549.6 kg figures in the report.
This account gives only more than 500 kg rather than the 549.6 kg Federal Police weighing, so the exact weight still rests on the earlier Federal Police count.
This account gives only more than half a tonne rather than a precise weight, so the 549.6 kg figure rests on the Federal Police count.
The article credits the FICCO as a branch of the Public Ministry; the Federal Police's own statement lists federal and São Paulo state agencies instead.
This account gives only more than half a tonne rather than a precise weight, so the 549.6 kg figure still rests on the Federal Police count.
This account credits the FICCO as a branch of the Public Ministry; the Federal Police's own statement lists federal and Sao Paulo state agencies instead.
The Federal Police weighed the load at 549.6 kg, while OExtra.net reported only a count of 628 cannabis tablets without a weight and Alvorada 95.3 FM combined the 628 tablets with the 549.6 kg figure.
Police said the documents allowed an initial identification of the driver, but neither account says whether a suspect was identified, detained or charged.
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Federal Highway Police officers seized a load of marijuana hidden inside two fiberglass boats transported in a box truck during an inspection on the BR-277 in Cascavel, Paraná. The driver was released after showing he was unaware of the drugs, which were on their way from Missal to Rio de Janeiro.
Shock Company officers seized about 10 kg of marijuana hidden in scrubland in Pescaria, on Maceio's northern coast, after an anonymous tip during a patrol. The drugs were taken to the Central de Flagrantes, and no arrests were reported.
