Two detained in Planura truck stop with revolver and 22 cannabis plants
Military Police stopped a truck in Planura, Minas Gerais, on 9 November 2026 and detained two suspects after finding a .38 revolver and marijuana in the vehicle and at a residence. Officers seized 22 cannabis plants, 40 flowers, three portions and 50 seeds along with the gun, ammunition and a scale, and took both suspects to the Civil Police station.
Military Police detained two suspects in Planura on Monday 9 November 2026
during an operation that seized a .38-calibre revolver, ammunition, marijuana
portions and cannabis-like plants.[1]The Polícia Militar, the state’s
uniformed military police, began the operation at a ponto-base, a stationary
police checkpoint, where officers spotted a truck whose occupants behaved
suspiciously.[1]Officers stopped the truck and found a .38-calibre revolver
in the driver’s waistband.[1]The weapon held six cartridges, had no
identifiable serial number, and the driver presented no firearm documentation.[1]Inside the truck, officers found one portion of a substance resembling
marijuana, and the driver claimed ownership of the seized materials.[1]
After obtaining the suspect’s consent, officers searched his residence.[1]Inside the house, officers found 83 intact rounds and 13 spent rounds of
.38-calibre ammunition, along with seeds and flowers of suspected marijuana and
a scale.[1]In another room of the house, officers found three greenhouses
containing two plants with cannabis-like characteristics and 20 germinated
seeds.[1]
In total, officers seized two large and 20 small marijuana plants, 40 flowers,
three portions and 50 seeds, along with the revolver, the 83 rounds and the
scale.[1]Both suspects were taken with the seized materials to the Civil
Police station for the applicable legal procedures.[1]
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Source: Paranaíba MaisSeized cannabis seeds and plants from the Planura operation. Photo: Polícia MilitarPhoto details
No weight or street value was published for the 22 plants, 40 flowers, three portions or 50 seeds, so no kilogram or value figure is recorded.
The seized vegetation is described as resembling marijuana without reported laboratory confirmation, and it is not known whether the 22 plants were destroyed or retained as evidence.
Two further plants and 20 germinated seeds found in the three indoor greenhouses are not reconciled with the final tally of two large and 20 small plants and 50 seeds.
Six rounds in the revolver and 13 spent rounds at the house are not included in the final tally of 83 seized rounds.
The two suspects were not named, their ages and relationship beyond the driver claiming ownership were not reported, and no charges or court outcome were published.
Whether the stopped truck was impounded or released was not reported.
Only one news account of the operation was found after searching regional Portuguese-language outlets, with no separate Military Police statement available.
Coordinates mark the centre of Planura town rather than the specific checkpoint or residence.
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Civil Police arrested three men from Amazonas in a house in Cinturão Verde, Boa Vista, on 10 November 2026 with 201.5 kg of cannabis derivatives, including hashish and cannabis oil. Police valued the load at R$15 million and said it was meant for Rio de Janeiro; the men were booked for trafficking.
Military Police arrested a 36-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 39-year-old buyer during a raid on a suspected drug point in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, on 10 November 2026. Officers seized two cannabis tablets alongside crack, cocaine, three phones, bookkeeping notes and R$2,474 in cash, transferring all three to the Civil Police.
Military Police arrested a man and a woman in a ride-hailing car on Rua Aristiliano Ramos in Timbo on 10 November 2026. Officers seized about 500 g of a hashish-like substance in five wraps from the woman's bag and took both suspects to the Civil Police station.
