Federal Highway Police officers arrested a young couple from Santa Maria in flagrante on the afternoon of Friday 6 November 2026 while they were carrying about 1.5 kg of Ice hashish.[1] The seizure took place on the BR-158 highway in a stretch within the municipality of Rosário do Sul, in the western border region of Rio Grande do Sul.[1] The drug was being carried in a Renault Sandero with Santa Maria plates that was being used for app-based passenger rides.[1] The vehicle was travelling from the border city of Sant’Ana do Livramento toward Santa Maria when it was intercepted during a routine operation against organized crime on federal highways.[1]
Officers found the drug inside a bag placed on the floor by the 18-year-old female passenger’s feet.[1] Those arrested were a 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman, who police said already had joint police records for fraud.[1] The app driver was not identified as directly involved in possessing the load and was released, while the couple and the substance were taken to the Civil Police station in Rosário do Sul, where a flagrante arrest for drug trafficking was recorded.[1]
The report describes Ice hashish, also called Ice-o-lator, as a refined cannabis-resin product obtained through extraction with ice-cold water and ice.[1] It says the process mainly isolates glandular trichomes, producing THC concentrations markedly higher than those of pressed marijuana or flower.[1] Because of its purity and high psychoactive potency, the substance commands considerably higher prices on the clandestine drug market.[1]
