Three arrested with 50 kg of cannabis and a revolver in Cacequi and São Francisco de Assis
Civil Police in Rio Grande do Sul arrested two men and a woman on the night of 8 November 2026, seizing about 50 kilograms of marijuana and a .38 revolver in São Francisco de Assis and Cacequi. Police said an address in Cacequi held a drug depot supplying the region and put the damage to the group at more than one million reais.
🇧🇷 Cacequi, Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil
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Arrested
3
Cannabis
50 kg
Agencies
Delegacia de São Francisco de Assis, Polícia Civil do Rio Grande do Sul
Civil Police officers arrested two men and one woman in flagrante on the night
of Sunday 8 November 2026 in an operation against drug trafficking in São
Francisco de Assis and Cacequi, in Rio Grande do Sul.[1]Officers seized about
50 kilograms of marijuana and a .38 revolver with its serial number filed off.[1]The three were charged in flagrante with drug trafficking and association
for trafficking, the Brazilian rule for caught in the act.[2]Police sent the
three to the prison system, where they remained at the disposal of the courts.[1]
Investigators had watched an address in Cacequi for several days and suspected
it served as a depot where drugs were stored and fed sales points in nearby
municipalities.[2]The São Francisco de Assis police station coordinated the
operation, with teams from Jaguari, São Vicente do Sul and Mata taking part.[2]Police estimated the damage to the group at more than one million reais.[1]
Investigations continued to identify other people involved and to establish
where the drug came from and where it was going.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Cannabis
50 kg
Value (official estimate)
BRL 1,000,000
Agencies
Delegacia de São Francisco de Assis; Polícia Civil do Rio Grande do Sul
Both articles attribute the operation to a Civil Police statement and reproduce it, so they are not independent reporting.
The marijuana weight is given as approximately 50 kilograms, not an exact measured figure.
The articles do not say at which of the two municipalities the arrests were made or where the drug and revolver were found; the depot is said to be in Cacequi.
No court decision, plea or names of the suspects were published.
The 50 kilograms are reported as marijuana; no laboratory confirmation was mentioned.
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Civil Police arrested three men from Amazonas in a house in Cinturão Verde, Boa Vista, on 10 November 2026 with 201.5 kg of cannabis derivatives, including hashish and cannabis oil. Police valued the load at R$15 million and said it was meant for Rio de Janeiro; the men were booked for trafficking.
Military Police arrested a 36-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 39-year-old buyer during a raid on a suspected drug point in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, on 10 November 2026. Officers seized two cannabis tablets alongside crack, cocaine, three phones, bookkeeping notes and R$2,474 in cash, transferring all three to the Civil Police.
Military Police arrested a man and a woman in a ride-hailing car on Rua Aristiliano Ramos in Timbo on 10 November 2026. Officers seized about 500 g of a hashish-like substance in five wraps from the woman's bag and took both suspects to the Civil Police station.
