18-year-old arrested with nine marijuana packets in Santos Dumont
Military police arrested an 18-year-old man in the centre of Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais, early on 10 November 2026 after video-monitoring cameras showed him handing drugs to two other people. A search found nine packets of marijuana, R$60 in cash and a mobile phone, and he was arrested in flagrante for drug trafficking.
Military police arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of drug trafficking in
the centre of Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais, in the early hours of Tuesday 10
November 2026.[1]The arrest came after the police video-monitoring system
showed three people acting suspiciously in a square in the city centre, one of
them handing drugs to the others.[2]Using the descriptions from the footage,
officers tracked the group down and stopped the 18-year-old, identified as the
person distributing the drugs.[1]
A personal search found nine buchas of marijuana — small wrapped portions — R$60
in cash and a mobile phone with him.[1]He was arrested in flagrante, in the
act, for drug trafficking.[1]Officers took him and the seized material to the
duty Civil Police station in Barbacena for the judicial police procedures.[2]
The Military Police’s 13th Regional Command (13ª RPM) provided the account of
the arrest.[2]The square, Praça Cesário Alvim, lies in the centre of Santos
Dumont, where the arrest was made.[1]
Case data
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Military police arrested two women in Arapiraca on 11 November 2026 after a tip that a passenger on a bus from Bahia was carrying drugs to the city bus terminal. Officers seized 471 grams of pressed cannabis, along with cocaine, crack, cash and scales, and booked both women for drug trafficking and association for trafficking.
Military Police arrested a 27-year-old man on the MT-248 in Araputanga after finding four tablets of a substance analogous to marijuana in his backpack. He said he would be paid R$ 1,000 to carry the drug from Pontes e Lacerda to Araputanga.
Civil Police officers in Bauru arrested a 25-year-old man for drug trafficking during a search warrant at a house in the Jardim Vitória neighbourhood on the afternoon of 11 November 2026, seizing several portions of marijuana and a precision scale. The investigation followed reports of an illegal firearm, possible drug sales and stolen goods at the address.
Military police in Marília arrested a 40-year-old man in Palmital after he punched a corporal during a drug stop. Officers seized 663.56 grams of marijuana and hashish, plus cocaine that is not counted here, and 556 reais in cash.
