Man arrested with 135 g of cannabis after motorcycle chase in Rio Verde, Goiás
A man was arrested for suspected drug trafficking in the Martins neighbourhood of Rio Verde, Goiás, in the early hours of 12 November 2026 after fleeing a Military Police patrol on a motorcycle and discarding a bag. Officers recovered approximately 135 g of a cannabis-like substance and a precision scale.
🇧🇷 Martins neighbourhood, Rio Verde, Goiás · Brazil
Military Police arrested a man for suspected drug trafficking in the Martins
neighbourhood of Rio Verde, Goiás, in the early hours of Thursday 12 November
2026.[1]The incident began at about 3 a.m., after a Military Police team
spotted the driver of a motorcycle during routine patrol.[1]
According to the police record, the man tried to flee at high speed as soon as
he noticed the police vehicle approaching and, while escaping, made dangerous
manoeuvres and discarded a bag in the public road.[1]
Police intercepted and searched the driver; during the body search they found
portions of a substance similar to maconha, and the team returned to where the
bag had been abandoned and found a larger quantity of the same substance.[1]In total, approximately 135 grams of material similar to maconha, including
divided portions, were seized, together with a precision scale; the police
record said the scale reinforced the suspicion that the drug was destined for
sale.[1]
The man was detained and taken to the Civil Police station; the seized
substances, the precision scale and the motorcycle used during the escape
attempt were also brought to the police station.[1]The case will be
investigated by the Civil Police, which is responsible for the applicable legal
procedures and the definition of the suitable measures.[1]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the Rio Verde Agora account of the arrest in Martins. Photo: Rio Verde AgoraPhoto details
No name, age or criminal record for the arrested man was published.
No court outcome or charges beyond the referral to the Civil Police station was reported.
The 135 g figure is approximate, as the article states 'aproximadamente 135 gramas'.
Laboratory confirmation of the seized substance as cannabis was not reported, since officers described it as a material similar to maconha.
The whole account rests on a single outlet citing the police occurrence bulletin; no second report or agency statement of this event could be opened.
The published photo is credited generically to Rio Verde Agora and its caption only repeats the headline, so it does not establish that it shows this seizure.
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