Couple arrested with 50.85 kg of skunk in car boot in Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso
A man and a woman were arrested with 50.85 kg of skunk in Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso, on 30 October 2026 after police found the drug in cardboard boxes in the boot of their car. Both were charged with drug trafficking and association for trafficking, and the Civil Police said it was still investigating who was behind the load.
🇧🇷 Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso · Brazil
- Arrested
- 2
- Charged
- 2
- Cannabis
- 50.85 kg
A couple were arrested with 50.85 kg of skunk in Primavera do Leste, Mato
Grosso, on Friday 30 October 2026.[1] The drug was hidden in cardboard boxes
in the boot of the car police searched.[1] Skunk is a cannabis variety with a
high THC concentration.[2]
The Civil Police said it received information from the Federal Highway Police
(PRF) about a white car carrying drugs through the region.[1] Its officers
stopped the car on the MT-130, a state highway they suspected the pair would use
to avoid routine checks.[1] The local outlet CliqueF5, quoting a PRF officer,
described the seizure as the result of a routine PRF inspection in Primavera do
Leste that morning.[2]
The passenger, named as Jean, admitted carrying the drug and said he was to be
paid R$30,000 for the job.[1] The driver, Claudiane, said the couple left
Uberlândia (MG) on 26 October to fetch the drug in Rondônia and began the return
trip on Thursday 29, and that each would receive R$10,000.[1] Jean instead
said the trip began in Ji-Paraná (RO) and was bound for Rio Verde (GO).[1]
Both said they did not know who would receive the drug.[1]
Both were arrested in the act and charged with drug trafficking and association
for trafficking.[1] The Civil Police said it was still investigating who was
behind the load and how it was transported.[3]
Sources
- Casal é preso com mais de 50 kg de skunk em porta-malas de carro em MT. G1, 30 October 2026. In Portuguese.
- Casal é preso pela PRF com mais de 50 kg de skunk em veículo interceptado em Primavera do Leste. CliqueF5, 30 October 2026. In Portuguese.
- Casal é preso com 50 kg de skunk em Primavera do Leste. Primavera do Leste Net, 30 October 2026. In Portuguese.
Open questions the AI reported
- Police accounts differ on who made the stop: G1 and Primavera do Leste Net say Civil Police officers stopped the car on the MT-130 after a PRF tip, while CliqueF5 describes a routine PRF inspection; CliqueF5's subheading also refers to a federal highway, not the MT-130.
- No court appearance, prosecutor's charge or sentence has been reported; the Civil Police said its investigation continued.
- The two suspects are named only by their first names, Jean and Claudiane.
- No estimated value was published for the 50.85 kg; the R$30,000 and R$10,000 are sums the pair said they had been promised for transporting it.
- Primavera do Leste Net's article is an adaptation of a report first published by PJC MT.
