Federal Police eradicate about 612,000 cannabis plants in Pernambuco
From 21 to 30 September 2026 Operation Carcará phase 19 destroyed about 612,000 cannabis plants and 8,000 seedlings on 48 plots in the sertão of Pernambuco, and seized 128 kg ready for use. The Federal Police said the plants could have yielded about 183 tonnes. No arrests were reported.
Between 21 and 30 September 2026 the Federal Police ran phase 19 of Operation Carcará in the sertão of Pernambuco and eradicated about 612,000 cannabis plants.[1][2]They also destroyed 8,000 seedlings and seized128 kilograms of cannabis ready for use.[1][2]The force said the plants were on 48 plots, on islands of the São Francisco river and in Orocó, Salgueiro, Cabrobó, Belém do São Francisco, Betânia, Floresta and Santa Maria da Boa Vista, and that the crop could have yielded about 183 tonnes.[1]
Federal, civil and penal police took part, with military firefighters and the specialised interior battalion.[1][2]Teams went in by land and river, using inflatable boats and an aircraft of the state public-security air group.[1]Análise News, datelined Salgueiro, also names penal police from Alagoas.[2]
The Federal Police said the raids are timed to the growing cycle so the crop is not harvested.[1]Neither account names an arrest.[1][2]
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The 183 tonnes is the Federal Police estimate of production the plants would have yielded, not a weight that was seized.
The map marks Salgueiro, one of the municipalities named. The plots also lay on islands of the São Francisco and in Orocó, Cabrobó, Belém do São Francisco, Betânia, Floresta and Santa Maria da Boa Vista.
The two photographs are the Federal Police images the outlets published. They are not labelled with a municipality.
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