Pharmacy robbery suspect arrested in Seabra with five kilos of marijuana
A 41-year-old man wanted since June over the theft of slimming medicines from a pharmacy was arrested in the centre of Seabra, Bahia, on 6 November 2026. Police found about five kilograms of marijuana, a scale and a mobile phone in a property he used and arrested him in the act for drug trafficking.
A 41-year-old man wanted over the theft of medicines from a pharmacy was
arrested in the centre of Seabra, in Bahia’s Chapada Diamantina region, on
Friday 6 November 2026 under a warrant for a crime committed in February.[1]Officers found about five kilograms of marijuana in a property the suspect used,
and the operation also seized a scale and a mobile phone.[1]
The man had been on the run since June, according to the Civil Police.[1]The
property search also produced a weighing scale and a mobile phone alongside the
drug.[1]
Because of the seized material he was also arrested in the act for drug
trafficking, and he remains at the disposal of the courts.[1]The robbery
under investigation took place in February, when units of weight-loss medicines
known as slimming pens were taken from a pharmacy in the municipality.[1]
The arrest was carried out by the Seabra Territorial Police Station and the
investigation service, with support from the GATTI/Diamantina technical and
tactical investigation group and the 29th Independent Military Police Company.[1]The arrest was carried out by the Civil Police through the Seabra station
and investigation service, supported by the GATTI, with the 29th Independent
Military Police Company, units linked to the 13th Regional Interior Police
Coordinating Office in Seabra.[2]
Photos and video
The page picture published with the Seabra arrest, captioned as the cannabis seized in the operation. Photo: Ascom/PCBAPhoto details
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Open questions the AI reported
The five kilograms is stated as an approximation ('cerca de'), not a measured weight, and no street value was published.
No charge sheet, custody hearing or court outcome was reported; the man was held at the disposal of the courts.
The article does not say where in Seabra the property searched is located, or whether the suspect owned or merely used it.
Only the suspect's age was published; no name and no prior record were reported for the drug case.
The pharmacy robbery is an earlier, separate event recorded only as context, not as part of this report's facts.
Both cited pages reproduce the same Civil Police of Bahia communication, so they are not independent reporting.
The page photo is credited to the Civil Police press office and captioned as the seized marijuana, but the report cannot confirm it shows this particular seizure.
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