18 potted cannabis plants seized at a rural house in São Tomé das Letras
Military Police seized 18 potted cannabis plants and various cannabis seeds at a rural house in São Tomé das Letras, Minas Gerais, on 12 November 2015 after an anonymous tip. The resident was not found and no suspect had been arrested when G1 Sul de Minas reported the seizure the next day.
🇧🇷 Rural zone, São Tomé das Letras, Minas Gerais · Brazil
Military Police in São Tomé das Letras, Minas Gerais, uprooted and seized 18
cannabis plants kept in various pots inside a house in the rural zone of the
town on Thursday 12 November 2015.[1]Officers carried out the search and
seizure after an anonymous tip.[1]The resident of the house was not found
when police arrived.[1]No suspect had been arrested by the time the report
was published.[1]
Police said they also seized various cannabis seeds at the same house.[1]The
plants had been cultivated in pots in the town’s rural zone.[1]
An evidence photo published with the report, credited to EPTV, shows the potted
plants laid out on a tiled floor behind a case of seeds.[1]
Photos and video
Military Police evidence photo of the seized cannabis plants in their pots on a tiled floor behind a case holding seeds and other material, published with the report of the São Tomé das Letras seizure. Photo: Reprodução EPTVPhoto details
No count or weight for the seized seeds was published, so no kilograms are recorded for them.
No arrests were reported at publication, and any later identification, charges or court outcome for the resident were not reported.
The seizure date of 12 November 2015 comes from Thursday the 12th in the text and the G1 publication on 13 November 2015.
Only one accessible account of the event was found, a G1 Sul de Minas report based on Military Police information.
The published photo is credited to EPTV reproduction and its caption only names the seizure, so the media caption describes what the image shows without further detail.
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