About 6,000 cannabis plants uprooted in Santa Filomena; one man arrested
Civil and Military Police uprooted about six thousand cannabis plants at Sítio Serrinha in rural Santa Filomena, Pernambuco, on 17 October 2017, after arresting a 47-year-old man they held responsible for the planting. Officers also seized 14.5 kg of ready cannabis, two precision scales, two mobile phones, electrical wire and R$ 201 in cash, and took the suspect and the material to Ouricuri.
🇧🇷 Sítio Serrinha, zona rural de Santa Filomena, Sertão de Pernambuco · Brazil
A joint Civil and Military Police operation on Tuesday 17 October 2017 uprooted
about six thousand cannabis plants at Sítio Serrinha in rural Santa Filomena, in
Pernambuco’s Sertão.[1]Police reached the site after arresting Francisco José
da Cruz, 47, identified as responsible for the planting.[1]
Santa Filomena military police were called at about 10 a.m. on 17 October by
civil police who reported the plantation, and military police from Santa Cruz
joined the teams.[2]The blog account describes the suspect as an
endemic-disease agent who was located in Santa Filomena and confirmed the
plantation existed, and reports that the plants were uprooted at the site.[2]
Alongside the plantation officers found 14.5 kg of cannabis ready for
consumption, two precision scales, two mobile phones, 2,000 metres of electrical
wire and R$ 201 in cash.[1]The seized material and the arrested suspect were
taken to the Civil Police station in Ouricuri, where the case was registered.[2]
Photos and video
Uprooted cannabis plants at Sítio Serrinha, Santa Filomena, in the handout photo published with the G1 report. Photo: PM/DivulgaçãoPhoto details
The two accounts differ on the electrical wire found: G1 gives 2,000 metres while the blog gives 200 metres, and the report uses G1's figure.
No charges or court outcome were reported for the arrested man; the case was at the investigation stage.
The plant count is approximate (cerca de seis mil pés) and no area of the plantation was published.
G1 and the blog both draw on the same police information, the blog crediting the 7th Military Police Battalion press office, so they are not independent reporting of the operation.
No street value was published for the seized cannabis.
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