Young man held with three portions of cannabis at a São João do Rio do Peixe square
Military Police in São João do Rio do Peixe, Paraíba, picked up a young man at a square on the night of Saturday 7 November 2026 after finding a marijuana-like substance while checking his motorcycle, and took him to the Civil Police station in Cajazeiras. Police seized three portions of the substance and the motorcycle, and reported that he had no driver's licence or vehicle documents.
🇧🇷 Praça in front of Escola José Dantas Pinheiro, São João do Rio do Peixe, Paraíba · Brazil
Military Police responded on the night of Saturday at about 22h20 to a report of
drug possession in the square in front of Escola José Dantas Pinheiro in São
João do Rio do Peixe, Paraíba.[1]Residents asked the RP 05 patrol to come
because a motorcycle with a modified exhaust was causing noise that disturbed
the neighbourhood.[1]On arrival officers found a group of young people, among
them the owner of a black Honda Pop 100 with a modified exhaust.[1]While
checking the motorcycle, officers found a quantity of a substance with
characteristics similar to marijuana.[1]
The young man was taken with the seized material to the Civil Police station in
Cajazeiras and presented to the police authority for legal measures.[1]Police
seized three portions of a marijuana-like substance and the motorcycle.[1]The
occurrence report said the young man did not have a driver’s licence (CNH, the
Brazilian national driving licence) and did not carry the vehicle’s documents.[1]
Photos and video
Handout photo captioned 'Cigarros de maconha apreendida pela PM' ('cannabis cigarettes seized by the Military Police'), published as Divulgação, showing cannabis portions and a motorcycle part. Photo: Military PolicePhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Agency
Polícia Militar (RP 05)
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession
Setting
Street or public place, Vehicle
Charge
porte de entorpecentes (drug possession)
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Paraíba
Sources
Repórter PBreporterpb.com.brPTPolícia Militar conduz jovem por porte de entorpecentes em São João do Rio do Peixe
Open questions the AI reported
The article gives no date for the occurrence beyond 'this Saturday'; 7 November 2026, the Saturday before the 9 November publication date, is used as the incident date.
No weight was published for the three portions of marijuana-like substance, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The substance was described only as having characteristics similar to marijuana, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The reports do not name the young man or give his age, and no charge, custody decision or court outcome was reported.
Only one accessible account of this occurrence was found; searches in Portuguese returned no second source and the Military Police did not publish a separate statement.
The photo is a Military Police handout captioned 'cigarros de maconha' ('cannabis cigarettes'), while the text describes three portions; the article does not explain the difference, and no separate weight or count of cigarettes is given.
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