PRF seizes 445.95 kg of cannabis in ore loads on BR-262 near Três Lagoas
Federal Highway Police seized 445.95 kg of cannabis (skunk, marijuana and hashish) hidden in manganese ore loads on the BR-262 in Três Lagoas and arrested three men in the act. The police described it as the second such large seizure in ore loads in 15 days.
🇧🇷 BR-262, Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul · Brazil
Federal Highway Police officers seized512.55 kg of drugs hidden inside a
manganese ore load on the BR-262 at about 10am on 11 November 2026 in Três
Lagoas.[1]The Federal Highway Police found 512.55 kg of drugs during the
inspection, arrested three men and seized two trucks.[2]The cannabis
component of the seizure was 300.35 kg of skunk in 413 bales and 118.60 kg of
marijuana in 110 blocks, together with 27 kg of hashish.[1]The first truck
stopped, an Iveco Stralis HD carrying manganese ore from Corumbá with a declared
destination of Itapeva in São Paulo state, was found to have its driver nervous
and with a prior drug-trafficking record.[1]
A second truck, a Volvo FH12 heading from Três Lagoas toward Campo Grande, was
suspected of acting as a lookout vehicle for the drug transport and was also
brought in for unloading.[1]During unloading the officers found numerous
bales of drugs hidden under the ore, and the weighing done with the support of
the Civil Police confirmed the different drug types.[1]
The driver of the truck where the drugs were found confessed he had been
recruited in Corumbá to transport the drugs to the state of São Paulo.[1]Three men in the two trucks were arrested in flagrante for drug trafficking and
sent to the Três Lagoas DEPAC police station with the trucks, mobile phones and
all seized material.[1]The police described it as the second large seizure of
drugs in ore loads by the PRF in Três Lagoas in 15 days, the first being about
487 kg found in an iron ore load on 3 November, totalling roughly a tonne.[1]
Photos and video
Federal Highway Police photo of the seized skunk, marijuana, cocaine and hashish found hidden among the manganese ore, published with the seizure report. Photo: Divulgação/PRF via RCN67Photo details
The cocaine and coca-paste weights (55.30 kg of cocaine hydrochloride and 11.30 kg of coca paste) are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizure and are excluded from the cannabis figures.
The combined 512.55 kg total mixes cannabis and cocaine; only the separately stated cannabis weights (300.35 kg skunk, 118.60 kg marijuana, 27 kg hashish, 445.95 kg in total) are recorded as cannabis.
A Corumbá-São Paulo transport route is implied by the driver's statement, but no intermediate checkpoint was reported.
No charges beyond the flagrante arrest or court outcome were reported; the case was at the investigation stage.
The 3 November 487 kg seizure referenced for context is a separate event and is not recorded here.
A joint Federal Highway Police and Military Police operation seized 3,162.9 kg of marijuana and arrested four men in Toledo, Paraná, on 13 November 2026. Officers chased a stolen Hilux to a rural shed in Concórdia district and recovered the pickup with bales stored in the truck and shed.
Civil Police seized eight marijuana tablets buried in two containers in a forest in east Poços de Caldas on 12 November 2026. The operation followed trafficking complaints about the Caio Junqueira area, and investigations continue to identify the origin of the drugs.
Military police with the Federal Highway Police (PRF) stopped a car on a dirt road between Taió and Rio do Oeste after it was reported to run quick trips to the Paraguay border; officers found four bundles of marijuana in the trunk, seized 71.740 kilograms and arrested the two men in flagrante.
Military police in Teresina seized 73 tablets of marijuana and a motorcycle from a delivery bag in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood on 12 November 2026 after a motorcyclist suspected of distributing the drugs abandoned the bag and escaped. Police put the load at about 80 kilograms and sent it to the state narcotics repression department, Denarc.
