Civil police in Tocantins took four people to the station in São Valério da Natividade on Thursday 29 October 2026 after serving seven home search warrants.[1] Of the four, police recorded two people caught in the act: one on suspicion of drug trafficking and one for illegal possession of a firearm.[1] The circumstances of those cases, and whether other people were involved, were still being investigated.[1] AF Notícias reported that civil police did not detail the legal situation of the other two people taken in.[2]
During the searches, officers found about 10 kilograms of cannabis and 1 kilogram of a substance identified as cocaine base, which police counted as about 11 kilograms of drugs.[1] The raid was coordinated by the 95th Civil Police station in São Valério da Natividade together with the 8th Specialized Division for the Repression of Organized Crime (Deic) in Gurupi.[1] The warrants were issued by the courts after a police investigation.[1] Delegate João Paulo Sousa Ribeiro, head of the 95th station, said the seizure came from investigative work that identified the targets and gathered the material needed to carry out the court orders, and that inquiries would continue to clarify the facts and identify possible participants.[1]
The operation mobilised 28 civil police officers from units linked to the 7th Regional Civil Police Station, plus members of the municipal civil guard of São Valério da Natividade.[1] Dogs from the kennel unit of the 4th Military Police Battalion helped the searches, and delegate Jacson Ribas of the 88th Civil Police station also took part.[1] The action was part of Operação Protetor das Divisas e Fronteiras, a programme coordinated by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security through the National Secretariat of Public Security (Senasp) against organised crime in border and state-boundary regions.[1] Investigations into the origin and destination of the drugs, and into other possible participants, were still under way.[2]
