Two held in Torres drug operation; marijuana and hashish seized
The Brigada Militar arrested a woman and a man for drug trafficking in Torres on 13 November 2026 during Operação Olhos da Lei. Officers seized 11 crack portions and one marijuana portion from the woman, and seven cocaine portions and one hashish portion from the man.
🇧🇷 Bairro Getúlio Vargas, Torres, Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil
The Brigada Militar arrested two people for drug trafficking in Torres during
Operação Olhos da Lei actions on Friday 13 November, in the Getúlio Vargas
neighbourhood.[1]During a check in a commercial establishment, a woman was
arrested after officers found 11 portions of crack and one portion of marijuana
in a backpack.[2]In another action in the same neighbourhood, a man was
arrested after officers found seven portions of cocaine and one portion of
hashish on him.[1]
The Brigada Militar balance reported two people arrested and 20 portions of
substances identified as crack, cocaine, marijuana and hashish.[1]The woman
had five police records for drug trafficking and five for contempt, plus records
for theft and receiving stolen goods.[2]The man also had a prior police
record for drug trafficking.[1]
The actions were part of Operação Olhos da Lei, which aims to intensify
ostensive policing, carry out area-saturation actions and combat criminality.[2]
Case data
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The Tres Passos Brigada Militar arrested two people for drug trafficking in Padre Gonzalez during Operation Cerco Fechado on 14 November 2026. Officers seized 102 bricks of marijuana weighing more than 80 kilograms and two mobile phones.
A 21-year-old from Sao Jose de Piranhas was arrested in Itaporanga after abandoning about 500 g of suspected marijuana at the Patos bus terminal. Police identified him on security cameras and stopped the Cajazeiras-bound bus he had boarded in Itaporanga.
Santa Catarina Civil Police arrested a 20-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman in Chapecó's Eldorado neighbourhood on 13 November 2026 after catching a marijuana-bale transfer between vehicles. Officers seized about 41.2 kg of marijuana and 85 g of hashish alongside cocaine, crack, ecstasy and LSD, plus a car and three phones.
Military police arrested a man for suspected drug trafficking at a commercial establishment in Santa Lucia, Maceio, seizing 105 grams of marijuana plus a scale, a phone, cash and Rohypnol. He admitted the items were his and was charged with drug trafficking at the Central de Flagrantes.
