Couple held in Presidente Getúlio with 30.5 kg of marijuana in their car
Military police arrested a man and a woman in Presidente Getúlio, Santa Catarina, after stopping their car and finding 30.5 kilograms of marijuana in tablets, which they said the pair had fetched on the coast to supply local dealers. Officers also seized 2.1 kilograms of cocaine, 457 ecstasy pills, the car, two phones and 72 reais, and took the two to the police station in Rio do Sul.
A man and a woman were arrested for drug trafficking in Presidente Getúlio, in
Santa Catarina’s Alto Vale do Itajaí, on Sunday 8 November 2026.[1][2]Military
police stopped a silver car on a highway after the Intelligence Agency of the
Military Police received information that the pair had travelled to the Santa
Catarina coast to fetch drugs.[3]The woman was driving and the man was in the
passenger seat; the driver said she had travelled to Itajaí and denied carrying
anything illegal.[4]
In a cardboard box in the car, officers found marijuana tablets weighing 30
kilograms and 500 grams (30.5 kg), according to the Military Police.[1][5]Two
cocaine tablets weighing 2 kilograms and 100 grams and 457 ecstasy pills were
seized in the same stop but are not counted as cannabis.[4]Officers also
seized the car, two mobile phones and a wallet with documents and 72 reais in
cash.[3][5]
Police said the couple used the car, registered in the name of the woman’s
father but in her possession, to supply other dealers in the region.[4]Police
took the pair and the seized material to the Regional Police Station in Rio do
Sul, where they were presented to the police authority and then to the Civil
Police.[4][5]The two face charges on suspicion of drug trafficking under article
33 of Brazil’s drug law, and possible association for trafficking under article
35 of the same law will be investigated.[4]
The stop followed intelligence work by the Military Police intelligence agency in Presidente Getúlio, which was investigating the pair’s suspected role in supplying dealers in the region.[2]Police said the pair used a silver car to fetch drugs on the Santa Catarina coast, mainly in Itajaí, and then supply other people involved in trafficking.[2]The incident was registered as drug trafficking and association for trafficking, and police said the investigation would examine the pair’s involvement and possible links to other dealers in the region.[2]
The approach took place on a local highway, after the patrols had monitored the couple’s movements.[5]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the report on the Presidente Getúlio arrest, captioned only PMSC. Photo: Polícia Militar de Santa CatarinaPhoto details
No names, ages or other identifying details of the two arrested people were published.
The articles do not say exactly where in Presidente Getúlio or on which highway the car was stopped.
No custody decision, charge filed by a prosecutor or court outcome was reported beyond the pair being presented to the police authority.
The submitted account gives no separate event date; 8 November 2026 comes from the Portal GCD and Jornal de Pomerode accounts, which place the stop on that Sunday.
The 2.1 kilograms of cocaine and 457 ecstasy pills are excluded from the cannabis figures, as is the 32.6-kilogram combined drug total.
The three accounts reproduce the same Military Police report rather than independent reporting, and the Portal Educadora account could not be opened.
Left out vehicles, as its quotation was not found in Portal GCD.
No names, ages, custody decision or court outcome for the two arrested people were reported beyond their presentation to the police authority in Rio do Sul.
RWTV gives no separate date for the stop and no exact location beyond Presidente Getúlio.
TopElegance gives no separate date for the stop; its publication date, 9 November 2026, is the only date on the page.
TopElegance reproduces the same Military Police account as the outlets already cited and is not independent reporting.
The page says the couple had gone to the Santa Catarina coast to fetch drugs, without naming Itajaí, the coastal city given in earlier accounts.
No custody decision, charge filed by a prosecutor or court outcome is reported beyond the pair being taken to the police station in Rio do Sul.
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.
