Three arrested in Palmas with 1.738 kg of cannabis taken from a bus
Military police stopped a white car in southern Palmas on 4 November 2026 and arrested two men and a woman who had taken packages from a bus, seizing 1.738 kg of cannabis together with the car and three phones. The three said the drug was for their own use but were booked in the act for trafficking.
🇧🇷 Setor Santa Fé, southern Palmas, Tocantins · Brazil
Military police arrested two men and a woman in Palmas, Tocantins, on the
morning of Wednesday 4 November 2026 on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1]The
three were in a white Fiat Punto stopped in Setor Santa Fé, in the south of the
city, shortly after 8:30am.[1]Tocantins em Voz places the stop in Taquaralto,
in front of a department store, at about 8:30am.[2]
The operation began after Goiás Military Police teams shared information with
the intelligence unit of the Tocantins Military Police’s 6th Battalion that a
bus was carrying drugs.[1]Tocantins em Voz names the Goiás team as the 3rd
Battalion of the 12th Regional Military Police Company and says the bus was
carrying a substance similar to cannabis.[2]Officers found the bus, watched a
man take packages from it and get into the white car, then followed and
intercepted the car.[1]A search of the car found two pieces of a substance
resembling cannabis weighing 1.738 kg together.[1]Tocantins em Voz reports
the same weight, 1,738 kg or 1,738 grams, in two pieces.[2]Questioned about
where the drug came from and where it was going, the three said it was for their
own use.[1]
Despite that claim, all three were booked in the act for drug trafficking under
article 33 of Brazil’s Drug Law, Law 11.343/2006.[1]Tocantins em Voz reports
that the military police said all three were formally recorded in the act for
trafficking.[2]Officers also seized three mobile phones and the white Fiat
Punto the three were using, and sent the material for forensic examination.[1]The three were taken with the seized drug, phones and car to the 2nd Civil
Police Service Centre in Palmas, which took over the case.[2]
Photos and video
Picture published with the 4 November 2026 report on the Palmas arrest; the page credits it only to the outlet and does not say what it shows. Photo: Jornal Sou de PalmasPhoto details
Jornal Sou de Palmassoudepalmas.com.brPTTrês pessoas são presas com quase 2 kg de maconha na região sul de Palmas e alegam que droga era para “consumo próprio”
Tocantins em Voztocantinsemvoz.com.brPTTrês pessoas são presas pelo 6º BPM por tráfico de drogas na região sul de Palmas; mais de 1,7 kg de drogas são apreendidos
Open questions the AI reported
The two reports place the stop differently: Jornal Sou de Palmas says Setor Santa Fé while Tocantins em Voz says Taquaralto, in front of a department store; the exact address is unresolved.
No names, ages or addresses of the two men and the woman were published.
The 1.738 kg is described as a substance similar to cannabis, pending laboratory confirmation.
No quantity was given for the rest of the bus load or for any other drugs, and the reports do not say whether more was found.
No charge, court date, custody decision or sentence was reported; the Civil Police took over the investigation.
One other local outlet carried this event but its page could not be opened, and no police statement was accessible, so the account rests on two news reports.
The page picture is credited only to Jornal Sou de Palmas and the outlet does not say what it shows.
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