5,100 cannabis plants destroyed in Santa Helena, Maranhão
Maranhão military police destroyed an illegal plantation of 5,100 cannabis plants at povoado Mundico in the rural area of Santa Helena in the early hours of 18 December 2025, after an anonymous tip. No suspects were found at the site, and the case was registered at the Santa Helena police station.
🇧🇷 Povoado Mundico, zona rural de Santa Helena, Maranhão · Brazil
Military police in Maranhão destroyed 5,100 cannabis plants in an illegal
plantation in the early hours of Thursday 18 December 2025.[1]The plantation
was at povoado Mundico, in the rural area of Santa Helena, a town 115 km from
São Luís, the state capital.[1]
Officers found the crop after an anonymous tip and walked about 2.5 km through
dense, hard-to-reach forest to reach it.[1]No suspects were found at the
site, but police saw signs that people had been living there, such as leftover
food and tools used to grow the drug.[1]
Officers destroyed the plants on the spot and registered the case at the Santa
Helena police station, which will handle the investigation.[1]
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Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
5,100
Agency
Polícia Militar do Maranhão (PM-MA)
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (5,100 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Field
Grown
Outdoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Maranhão
Sources
G1g1.globo.comPTMais de 5 mil pés de maconha são localizados e destruídos pela polícia no Maranhão
Open questions the AI reported
No weight, area cleared, value or number of plants beyond the stated 5,100 was published.
No suspect, arrest, charge or court outcome was reported; the Santa Helena police station is to investigate.
The exact location of povoado Mundico was not published, so the coordinates are those of Santa Helena town.
Only one account of this eradication could be opened; no statement from the Maranhão security secretariat for this action was found.
The article's photo is credited only as Reprodução/Redes Sociais and the video is a G1 report; neither caption confirms exactly what is shown beyond the plantation context.
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Arrested 0Plants destroyed 3,000Area 1 haCannabis 17 kg
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