Man, 32, arrested in Tocantinópolis with 275 g of cannabis
Military Police in Tocantinópolis, Tocantins, arrested a 32-year-old suspected drug dealer on 4 November 2026 after stopping his motorcycle and then searching his home, where they found about 275 g of cannabis. Officers also seized 106 crack portions and four cocaine portions in the mixed seizure, and the man was taken to the Civil Police station.
🇧🇷 Tocantinópolis, Bico do Papagaio, Tocantins · Brazil
Military Police in Tocantinópolis, in the Bico do Papagaio region of Tocantins,
arrested a 32-year-old man suspected of drug trafficking on the afternoon of
Wednesday 4 November 2026.[1]
A team from the 15th Military Police Battalion spotted him riding a motorcycle
during a patrol, followed it and stopped him.[2]In a personal search,
officers found a portion of a marijuana-like substance, money and a mobile phone
in the pocket of his shorts.[1]
The man said he was a drug user, but police said earlier information indicated
his home could be used as a drug sales point.[1]He let the officers into the
house, where searches turned up about 275 grams of a marijuana-like substance,
106 portions of a crack-like substance and four portions of a cocaine-like
substance.[1]Folha do Bico reported that the rest of the marijuana was found
during the approach itself, alongside the 106 crack portions and four cocaine
portions.[2]
Police arrested him and took him with the drugs to the Civil Police station,
where a flagrant-arrest report was drawn up.[1]The 15th Battalion said it
keeps up visible policing and drug-trafficking enforcement in Tocantinópolis and
the region’s other municipalities.[1]
Photos and video
Drugs and materials laid out after the arrest in Tocantinópolis. Photo: Divulgação/15ºBPMPhoto details
The two reports differ on where the 275 g of marijuana was found: Bico 24 Horas places it in the house search, while Folha do Bico says it was found during the approach on the street.
No weight was given for the crack or cocaine portions, so the total drug weight cannot be stated.
No charge sheet or court outcome was reported; the case was recorded as a flagrant arrest at the Civil Police station.
The suspect is identified only by his age, with no name published.
The money found with the man was not counted or valued in either report.
Military police arrested seven suspected drug traffickers in the Água Branca neighbourhood of Contagem and seized 218 kg of cannabis. The suspects, all with prior criminal records, were taken to the Contagem Civil Police station for investigation.
Civil Police arrested three men from Amazonas in a house in Cinturão Verde, Boa Vista, on 10 November 2026 with 201.5 kg of cannabis derivatives, including hashish and cannabis oil. Police valued the load at R$15 million and said it was meant for Rio de Janeiro; the men were booked for trafficking.
Military Police arrested a 36-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 39-year-old buyer during a raid on a suspected drug point in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, on 10 November 2026. Officers seized two cannabis tablets alongside crack, cocaine, three phones, bookkeeping notes and R$2,474 in cash, transferring all three to the Civil Police.
Military Police arrested a man and a woman in a ride-hailing car on Rua Aristiliano Ramos in Timbo on 10 November 2026. Officers seized about 500 g of a hashish-like substance in five wraps from the woman's bag and took both suspects to the Civil Police station.
