Two detained as replica pistol and cannabis seized in São Carlos
Military Police stopped two men in Vila Nova, São Carlos, on 31 October 2026 and seized a replica pistol and a portion of cannabis. Both men were taken to the judicial police station for questioning and released afterwards.
🇧🇷 Avenida Doutor José Ferreira Azambuja, Vila Nova, São Carlos, São Paulo · Brazil
Military Police stopped two men at about 10:50 p.m. on 31 October 2026 on
Avenida Doutor José Ferreira Azambuja in Vila Nova, São Carlos.[1]Officers
found a replica pistol, described as a simulacro, and a portion of maconha, or
cannabis, held by one of the men.[1]The man holding the objects told officers
he was on his way to a costume party.[1]Both men were taken to the Central de
Polícia Judiciária (CPJ), the judicial police station, to give statements.[1]
Police kept the replica pistol and the cannabis portion seized for further legal
procedures.[1]Both men were released after questioning.[1]
The approach was carried out by soldier Viotto and corporal Custódio during
patrol.[1]The stop was one of four overnight cases handled by teams of the
38th Interior Military Police Battalion (38º BPM/I) in São Carlos and Ibaté
between the night of 31 October and the dawn of 1 November, with those involved
and seized materials sent to the Civil Police.[1]Police recorded
drug-trafficking, replica-seizure and motorcycle-theft cases in São Carlos and
Ibaté.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No weight was published for the seized porção de maconha, so no kg_seized figure is recorded.
The names and ages of the two men were not published.
Only one outlet's account could be opened, the Região em Destake tag listing and its full article, with no independent agency statement or second outlet found.
31 October 2026 is inferred from the reported 22h50 Saturday timing and the article's 1 November 2026 publication date.
The two men were described as encaminhados and then liberados, so they are counted as two detained without evidence of a formal trafficking arrest.
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