Prisoner on public-works duty arrested with cannabis in Sagres
Military Police in Sagres, São Paulo state, arrested a 30-year-old prisoner who was doing service work on public works after a sniffer dog found marijuana blocks and cocaine vials in his belongings and two more marijuana wraps in his sock. He was taken to the Civil Police station in Osvaldo Cruz for drug trafficking.
🇧🇷 Sagres, São Paulo · Brazil
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Military Police officers arrested a 30-year-old prisoner in flagrante for drug
trafficking in Sagres, a municipality in São Paulo state, on 9 November 2026.[1]The man was among prisoners working on public works in the municipality,
and officers acted on a tip that drugs were among their belongings.[1]The
Military Police called in a city hall inspector to gather the prisoners in the
day shelter of the municipal swimming pool, asked the Civil Police for support
and requested the Military Police dog unit.[1]
The sniffer dog inspected the prisoners’ bags and signalled on the belongings of
the man later accused.[1]In that search, officers found blocks of marijuana
and vials of cocaine.[1]A body search then found two more wraps of marijuana
hidden in the man’s sock, along with a mobile phone.[1]
The prisoner, who had been working outside the prison under a service-work
arrangement, was taken to the Civil Police station in Osvaldo Cruz and held at
the disposal of the courts.[1]The Civil Police and the state prison police
force also took part in the operation.[1]
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Photo published with the report on the prisoner detained in Sagres, credited to the Military Police. Photo: Polícia MilitarPhoto details
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The article gives no date for the arrest; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and the Monday cited by the Military Police, and is used as the incident date.
No weight or number of units was published for the marijuana blocks or the two wraps found in the man's sock, and no quantity was given for the cocaine vials.
No charges have been formally filed and no court decision was reported; the man was held at the courts' disposal at the Civil Police station in Osvaldo Cruz.
Only one source for this event could be found; searches in Portuguese returned no second outlet reporting the action.
The photo published with the article is credited only as Foto: Polícia Militar, without a caption stating what it shows.
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