8 marijuana tablets seized from buried containers in Poços de Caldas forest
Civil Police seized eight marijuana tablets buried in two containers in a forest in east Poços de Caldas on 12 November 2026. The operation followed trafficking complaints about the Caio Junqueira area, and investigations continue to identify the origin of the drugs.
🇧🇷 Mata in bairro Caio Junqueira, Zona Leste, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais · Brazil
Civil Police seized eight marijuana tablets on the night of 12 November 2026 in
a forest in the east zone of Poços de Caldas.[1]The eight tablets were buried
in two containers hidden in the forest.[1]
Teams from the 1st Civil Police Station carried out an operation to investigate
trafficking complaints in the Caio Junqueira neighbourhood.[1]The complaints
said a forest in the neighbourhood was being used as a drug depot.[1]Officers
carried out an intensive sweep through the vegetation in the rain to find the
drugs.[1]
The seized material was taken to the Civil Police station.[1]First-station
chief Juliane Emiko said investigations continue to identify the origin of the
material.[1]
Photos and video
Seized marijuana tablets in the buried containers found in the forest. Photo: Polícia CivilPhoto details
A joint Federal Highway Police and Military Police operation seized 3,162.9 kg of marijuana and arrested four men in Toledo, Paraná, on 13 November 2026. Officers chased a stolen Hilux to a rural shed in Concórdia district and recovered the pickup with bales stored in the truck and shed.
Military police with the Federal Highway Police (PRF) stopped a car on a dirt road between Taió and Rio do Oeste after it was reported to run quick trips to the Paraguay border; officers found four bundles of marijuana in the trunk, seized 71.740 kilograms and arrested the two men in flagrante.
Military police in Teresina seized 73 tablets of marijuana and a motorcycle from a delivery bag in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood on 12 November 2026 after a motorcyclist suspected of distributing the drugs abandoned the bag and escaped. Police put the load at about 80 kilograms and sent it to the state narcotics repression department, Denarc.
Federal Police and Paraná Military Police seized a boat carrying 65.7 kg of pressed marijuana in Lago de Itaipu, in rural Santa Helena, Paraná, on the morning of 11 November 2026. The boat's operator fled into woodland and was not found; the craft and the drug were sent to the Federal Police station in Foz do Iguaçu.
