18-year-old held as 472 kg cannabis seized in São José
Santa Catarina Civil Police seized 472 kg of marijuana in 568 tablets from a property in Potecas, São José, on 3 November 2026. An 18-year-old was arrested in flagrante after saying he was paid to store the drugs, and was placed at the disposal of the courts.
Santa Catarina Civil Police arrested an 18-year-old in flagrante at a property
in the Potecas neighbourhood of São José on the afternoon of Tuesday 3 November
2026.[1][2][3]The young man told police in his statement that he had agreed to keep
the drug hidden in the property for a few days in exchange for money.[1][4][2]After
processing at the Civil Police station he was sent to the prison system, where
he remains at the disposal of the courts.[1][4][2]
Officers seized472 kilograms of marijuana at the property.[1][4][2][5]The marijuana
was divided into 568 tablets.[1][4][2]During the check of the property officers
noticed the resident’s nervousness, contradictory accounts and a strong
characteristic smell of drugs, and the subsequent search uncovered the marijuana
load.[1]
The seizure happened during inquiries by the São José Homicide Division of the
Division of Criminal Investigation, known as the DIC, which was trying to locate
a man with outstanding arrest warrants linked to homicide investigations in the
region.[1][4][2]The homicide investigations are continuing.[1]
The Civil Police said the homicide inquiries remain active to capture the main target of the warrants and to dismantle the network linked to the seized drugs.[6]
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The incident date of 3 November 2026 is inferred from terça-feira (3) with publication on 4 November 2026.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching; no agency statement or second outlet could be opened.
The detainee's name was not published.
No charge or court outcome beyond detention in flagrante and placement at the disposal of the courts was reported.
No valuation of the seized marijuana was published.
The article dates the announcement to Wednesday 4 November and gives no separate date for the seizure, which the other accounts place on the afternoon of Tuesday 3 November.
The Civil Police did not disclose the origin or intended destination of the marijuana or who supplied it.
No charge or court outcome beyond arrest in flagrante was reported.
SJ Agora spells the neighbourhood Potecas, while the earlier accounts and the report use Potecas.
Paraná's Border Police Battalion and federal agencies seized 7,781 kg of marijuana and skunk hidden in a maize load on a bitrem truck stopped on BR-163 near Marechal Cândido Rondon, and arrested a 30-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman. The operation, part of Operação Protetor, ran from 10 to 11 November 2026, and the battalion put the loss to organised crime at R$16,318,000.
Military Police in Lajinha found 58 marijuana tablets hidden in a stove in an abandoned house on 10 November 2026 and seized 62 tablets in all. A 20-year-old was arrested and a 17-year-old was taken into custody, and both were taken to the Civil Police station in Manhuaçu.
Federal Highway Police officers seized a load of marijuana hidden inside two fiberglass boats transported in a box truck during an inspection on the BR-277 in Cascavel, Paraná. The driver was released after showing he was unaware of the drugs, which were on their way from Missal to Rio de Janeiro.
Shock Company officers seized about 10 kg of marijuana hidden in scrubland in Pescaria, on Maceio's northern coast, after an anonymous tip during a patrol. The drugs were taken to the Central de Flagrantes, and no arrests were reported.
