Man, 25, arrested with 471 g of marijuana in a taxi in rural Tapurah
Military Police in Tapurah, Mato Grosso, arrested a 25-year-old man on the night of 8 November 2026 after stopping a taxi in the rural zone and finding about 471 grams of marijuana on him and in a bag inside the car. No arrests of the driver were reported; the man was taken with the drugs to the Civil Police.
🇧🇷 Access road to the municipal landfill, rural zone, Tapurah, Mato Grosso · Brazil
Military Police in Tapurah, Mato Grosso, arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion
of drug trafficking on the night of Sunday 8 November 2026, in the rural zone
near the road to the municipal landfill.[1]The patrol had been called by an
anonymous tip about a motorcyclist stopped at the roadside, apparently searching
for something in the vegetation with his phone flashlight.[2]Officers
searched the area but did not find the motorcycle, and on their way back came
across a taxi with the suspect in the passenger seat.[2]Seeing the patrol car
approach, the man tried to hide inside the vehicle.[1]
A search of the passenger found eight portions of marijuana weighing about 68
grams, a precision scale and a mobile phone.[2]A black bag on the floor by
the passenger seat held two larger marijuana portions totalling about 403 grams.[2]The driver said the bag belonged to the passenger and that he had been
hired for a ride, receiving two different locations by phone.[1]
At the first address the officers found about 26 grams of cocaine base paste,
and at the second no illicit material.[2]In total, the Military Police
reported seizing about 471 grams of marijuana and 26 grams of cocaine base
paste, with the phone and scale.[1]The suspect and the seized material were
taken to the Civil Police station for the appropriate procedures.[2]
Photos and video
Page photo published with the report of the taxi stop in Tapurah. Photo: Assessoria.Photo details
The 471 g cannabis total is described as approximate and is the sum of the 68 g found in the search and 403 g found in the bag.
The use of the phone flashlight, the tip and the passenger's attempt to hide are reported as the police version from the incident report.
Hora 1 MT says the passenger was already known to security forces for earlier incidents including drug trafficking, which Só Notícias does not report.
The taxi driver's name appears only in Hora 1 MT, with no source given for the identification; no role in the offence is attributed to him and he is not counted as arrested.
No weight was published for the cocaine base paste beyond an approximate 26 grams, and it is not counted in the cannabis figure.
No charge, custody decision or court outcome was reported; the man was taken to the Civil Police.
The 8 November 2026 incident date comes from the reports describing the arrest as on Sunday night at about 23h; both pages were published on 9 November 2026.
Coordinates are the centre of Tapurah town, not the rural road to the landfill where the taxi was stopped.
The page photo is a handout credited only as Assessoria and its caption does not establish that it shows this seizure.
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