45-year-old held with 2 kg of marijuana on a bus at a Pouso Alegre checkpoint
Federal Highway Police stopped a bus at km 871 of BR-381 in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, on 6 February 2018 and sniffer dogs found about two kilograms of marijuana in a bag in the luggage hold. The 45-year-old owner was arrested in flagrante for trafficking and said he would be paid R$ 500 to take the drug to São Tomé das Letras.
🇧🇷 km 871, BR-381 (Rodovia Fernão Dias), Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais · Brazil
Federal Highway Police officers stopped a bus of the Santos–Três Corações line
at km 871 of BR-381 in Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, during a routine inspection
using sniffer dogs.[1]
Dogs of the force’s canine operations group, K9 Mister and Heros, found a bag in
the luggage hold containing four tablets and a jar of marijuana weighing about
two kilograms.[1]The 45-year-old owner of the bag, a native of São Bernardo
do Campo in São Paulo state, was arrested in flagrante for drug trafficking and
taken to the Civil Police station in Pouso Alegre.[1]
He confessed that he was to be paid R$ 500 to carry the drug to São Tomé das
Letras, the town it was meant to supply, in the same region.[1]
A second account of the stop, at the PRF’s Cruz Alta post in Pouso Alegre,
describes three bars and a jar belonging to the same traveller and the same R$
500 offer, but puts the load at nearly three kilograms and the man’s age at 38.[2]
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The bag with the marijuana tablets in the bus luggage hold, found by the PRF sniffer dogs. Photo: PRF/DivulgaçãoPhoto details
The marijuana weight differs: Estado de Minas gives four tablets and a jar weighing about two kilograms, while the Airton Chips blog says nearly three kilograms; the Estado de Minas figure is used and no exact weighing was published.
The man's age is given as 45 by Estado de Minas and 38 by the Airton Chips blog.
Estado de Minas says the bus ran the Santos–Três Corações line, while the other account says it was heading for São Tomé das Letras; the destination of the drug is São Tomé das Letras in both.
No separate date is given for the stop beyond the night of Tuesday 6 February 2018, the publication date of the submitted article.
No charge beyond the in flagrante arrest for drug trafficking, custody decision or court outcome was reported.
The second account is a local blog and names the traveller; no police statement or other outlet account of this stop could be opened.
No value estimate for the seized marijuana was published.
Military police arrested seven suspected drug traffickers in the Água Branca neighbourhood of Contagem and seized 218 kg of cannabis. The suspects, all with prior criminal records, were taken to the Contagem Civil Police station for investigation.
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.
