Federal Highway Police arrested a couple aged 31 and 26 on BR-386 in Seberi and seized 156 kg of cannabis hidden in their car. The Santa Maria residents said they were delivering the drug in the Santa Maria region and were taken to police in Frederico Westphalen.
On the morning of Monday 2 November 2026, officers of the Federal Highway Police
(PRF) arrested a 31-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman on highway BR-386 in
Seberi, in northern Rio Grande do Sul.[1][2][3][4]Both people live in Santa Maria, and
the highway police said the male driver already had a previous record for drug
trafficking.[1][2][3]Officers arrested the pair and took them, together with the
seized cannabis and the car, to the Civil Police in Frederico Westphalen.[5][2][3]
The stop took place during an operation against criminality on the highway, when
federal highway officers ordered the driver of a Hyundai HB20 with Santa Maria
licence plates to pull over.[5]During the vehicle inspection, agents found
dozens of tablets containing cannabis concealed in different parts of the car,
including the rear floor area, the seats and the boot.[5][4]After weighing,
officers put the total seizure at 156 kilograms of cannabis.[5][2][3][6]
The couple told officers that they were going to deliver the cannabis in the
Santa Maria region.[5][3]
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