36-year-old arrested for trafficking in Rio do Sul; R$3,361 seized
Military police in Rio do Sul arrested a 36-year-old man for drug trafficking after finding him smoking marijuana at a BR-470 petrol station. A search of his car and his home in Canoas yielded cocaine, a glass container of marijuana, R$3,361 in cash, a phone and the car.
🇧🇷 Petrol station on BR-470, Pamplona, Rio do Sul · Brazil
Military Police arrested a 36-year-old man for drug trafficking on the evening
of Friday 13 November 2026 in Rio do Sul, in the Alto Vale do Itajai.[1]The
arrest happened at about 6pm in the patio of a petrol station on the BR-470.[1]The second account places that petrol station in the Pamplona
neighbourhood.[2]Police said the patrol had received complaints that the
suspect was selling drugs in the municipality.[1]During patrols officers saw
the man smoking marijuana under a tree and approached him.[1]
A search of the vehicle he was driving found a portion of cocaine on the
passenger seat and R$3,000 in cash.[1]During the stop the man said the drug
was his and told officers he kept more drugs at his home.[1]Officers went to
the house and found another portion of cocaine, a glass container holding
marijuana and another R$361 in cash.[1]The second account places that
residence in the Canoas neighbourhood.[2]In total officers seizedR$3,361 in
cash, the drugs, a mobile phone and the car used by the suspect.[1]
The man was arrested and taken with the seized material to the Civil Police
station for the applicable legal procedures.[1]The second account attributes
its information to the 13th Military Police Battalion in Rio do Sul.[2]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the report on the Rio do Sul arrest. Photo: PMSCPhoto details
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Força Tática officers of the 9th Military Police Battalion arrested one suspect in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim on 12 November 2026 after tracking a VW T-Cross allegedly used to distribute drugs from two houses. Officers seized 3.485 kg of marijuana, 90 g of hashish, cocaine, a .38 revolver with 36 rounds and R$8,224 in cash.
Civil Police of Ceará arrested a 20-year-old man in flagrante on 12 November 2026 in the Siqueira neighbourhood of Fortaleza, seizing about 10 kilograms of a substance similar to marijuana from a property. He was booked for drug trafficking and illegal possession of a restricted-use firearm, and the courts converted his arrest into pre-trial detention.
A 25-year-old man was arrested at a house in Jardim Primavera, Montes Claros, on 12 November 2026 after police received a tip that drugs were stored there. Officers seized marijuana flower, hashish and other drugs plus ammunition and R$8,800, and took him to the Civil Police station.
