1.07 kg of skunk found in parcels hidden in helmets at a Rio transport depot
Federal revenue officers found 1.070 kg of skunk along with ecstasy and MDMA hidden inside helmets in parcels at a transport company depot in Pavuna, northern Rio de Janeiro, on 6 November 2026. The agency put the retained drug and medicine consignments at R$ 356,000 and said the drugs were bound for Bahia, Minas Gerais and Paraíba, with no arrests reported.
🇧🇷 Pavuna, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state · Brazil
Federal revenue officers searched a transport company’s depot in Pavuna, in the
north of Rio de Janeiro, on Friday 6 November 2026.[1]Four parcels held drugs
and a controlled medicine, and the agency estimated the retained goods at R$
356,000.[1]
Sniffer dogs of the agency’s K9 team signalled parcels with drugs hidden inside
helmets, a method the agency said was meant to hinder inspection.[2]Officers
found 1.070 kg of skunk, described as cannabis in the agency’s account.[1]The
parcels also held about 3,600 ecstasy tablets weighing about 2 kg and 20 grams
of MDMA, which are not counted as cannabis here.[1]The drug parcels were
addressed to Bahia, Minas Gerais and Paraíba.[1]
A separate parcel of 246 units of tirzepatide, a controlled weight-loss
medicine, was also retained; it had been sent from Barueri, São Paulo, to Rio de
Janeiro.[1]
O POVO republished the Agência Brasil report by Douglas Corrêa with the same
account and figures.[3]
The drugs were handed to the authorities for criminal investigation procedures,
and no arrest was reported.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
1.07 kg
Value (official estimate)
BRL 356,000
Agency
Receita Federal
Agency type
Customs
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (1.07 kg)
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Other building
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Rio de Janeiro
Sources
BRA 1bra1.com.brPTReceita Federal apreende quase 2 kg de ecstasy e skunk escondidos em capacetes no Rio
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