Six detained after 49.85 kg cannabis chase in Saltinho
Military police detained six people, including two adolescents, after a chase in Saltinho, Santa Catarina, in the early hours of 5 November 2026. Officers seized 49.850 kg of marijuana bound for Chapecó and fired four shots after the driver tried to ram their car; no one was hurt.
🇧🇷 Avenida Alfredo Jacomo Scopel, Centro, Saltinho, Santa Catarina · Brazil
Military police of the 36th Battalion detained six people, including adolescents
aged 13 and 17, after a pursuit in the centre of Saltinho, in western Santa
Catarina, at about 12.30am on Thursday 5 November 2026.[1][2][3]The action began as
a traffic check on Avenida Alfredo Jacomo Scopel, where officers stopped a
GM/Blazer driven by the 17-year-old and carrying three other people aged 13, 20
and 23.[1][2]A VW/Gol then tried to flee when the police crew was seen, and a
chase began.[1][4]
The Gol was driven by a 19-year-old man, with a 21-year-old passenger.[1][4]During the flight the driver sped, crossed into the oncoming lane and ignored
traffic signs, then made a sudden manoeuvre and tried to drive the car into the
police vehicle.[1][4][2]Officers fired four shots; none hit the car and no one was
injured.[1][4][2]The car stopped soon afterwards, and the passenger, who tried to
run on foot, was caught and held.[1][4]
A search of the Gol found 68 tablets of marijuana weighing 49.850 kilograms.[1][4][2][3]Police said the drug had been loaded in Dionísio Cerqueira, a municipality
on the border with Argentina, and was to be taken to Chapecó.[1][4][2]Those
involved were to be paid for transporting the load, and the Blazer occupants
were to support the trip by passing on information about the route and about
police teams.[1][4][2]Officers also seized both cars used in the run, one with
plates from Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, and the other from Barracão, Paraná, and
seven mobile phones.[1][4]WH3, citing the Military Police, said the Gol was
registered in Foz do Iguaçu and the Blazer in Barracão.[5]
The Conselho Tutelar, Brazil’s child-protection council, was called because of
the 13- and 17-year-olds and followed the procedures.[1][4][2][3]All six were taken to
the police station with the vehicles, the drug and the phones.[1][4]The case was
registered as drug trafficking, association for trafficking and corruption of
minors, and a Campo Erê military police crew supported the action.[1][2]WH3
reported that the operation ended in the arrest of four adults, aged 19, 20, 21
and 23, and the apprehension of the two adolescents.[5]
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tráfico de drogas; associação para o tráfico; corrupção de menores
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Under investigation
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Shots fired
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Santa Catarina
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ClicRDCclicrdc.com.brPTQuase 50 kg de maconha que seriam levados a Chapecó são apreendidos após perseguição no Oeste de SC
Campo Erê.comcampoere.comPTQuase 50 quilos de maconha são apreendidos durante operação policial em Saltinho
Prensa Mercosurprensamercosur.orgESQuase 50 kg de maconha que seriam levados a Chapecó são apreendidos após perseguição no Oeste de SC
Oeste Maisoestemais.comPTQuase 50 quilos de maconha são apreendidos após perseguição policial no Oeste
WH3wh3.com.brPTPM apreende quase 50 kg de maconha, prende 4 adultos e apreende 2 menores em Saltinho
Open questions the AI reported
No names were published, and no court outcome after the handover to the police station was reported.
The accounts do not say whether the load crossed from Argentina, only that police said it was loaded in Dionísio Cerqueira, a border municipality, for delivery in Chapecó.
WH3 says four adults were arrested and two adolescents apprehended; both outlets say all six were taken to the police station, and the six are counted here as detained.
The ClicRDC page image has no caption establishing that it shows this seizure, so it is not listed; the WH3 image is credited only as a Military Police handout.
Oeste Mais captions its photo as showing four people aged 13, 17, 20 and 23 held after the pursuit, while its text and the other accounts say six people were taken to the police station; the report keeps the six-person count.
Prensa Mercosur reproduces the ClicRDC text and credits ClicRDC as its original source, so it is not independent confirmation of the details.
The Prensa Mercosur page image is the same file hosted by ClicRDC and carries no caption or credit establishing that it shows this seizure.
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