Couple arrested restocking 49 marijuana portions at Venâncio Aires drug point
Brigada Militar officers arrested a 21-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman at about 7:30 a.m. on 4 November 2026 in Bairro Battisti, Venâncio Aires, saying they caught them restocking a drug-selling point called the “Boca do Mack”. Officers seized 49 marijuana portions, 18 cocaine portions and three cellphones, and both were taken to police.
🇧🇷 Bairro Battisti, Venâncio Aires, Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil
Brigada Militar officers from Venâncio Aires arrested a man and a woman on the
morning of Wednesday, 4 November 2026, in Bairro Battisti, Venâncio Aires, Rio
Grande do Sul.[1]One arrest account describes the two as a couple and the
arrests as for alleged drug trafficking.[1]Officers arrested the two in
flagrante at about 7:30 a.m.; the pair are 21 and 29 years old.[2]Military
police said they detained the pair while they were restocking a drug-selling
point known as the “Boca do Mack”.[2]That sales point is named after a man
nicknamed Macdonald, who is on the run and is also suspected in a September
homicide in Bairro Battisti.[2]
Officers seized 49 portions of marijuana and 18 portions of cocaine during the
operation, as well as mobile phones.[1]The second account gives the same
counts of 49 marijuana portions and 18 cocaine wraps and specifies that three
cellphones were taken.[2]
Both detainees were taken to the Delegacia de Polícia, the police station, for
the required legal procedures.[1]The police said the two were being presented
at the DPPA, the ready-response police station.[2]Police delegate Paulo César
Schirrmann ordered that both be formally booked for drug trafficking and sent to
the Venâncio Aires State Penitentiary, known as the Peva.[2]
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The marijuana and cocaine portions and the cellphones seized from the two suspects, shown after the Battisti arrest. Photo: Brigada Militar/DivulgaçãoPhoto details
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Neither account gives the weight of the marijuana or cocaine portions, so no cannabis mass can be recorded.
Folha do Mate says a delegate ordered formal booking and transfer to the Venâncio Aires State Penitentiary, but the accounts do not confirm the transfer occurred or report a court outcome.
The two detainees' names were not published in the opened accounts; one outlet calls them a couple and the other simply two individuals.
Portal Arauto spells the neighbourhood Batisti in its body text, while its headline and Folha do Mate spell it Battisti.
Portal Arauto's page image carries only the article headline as its caption and no credit, so it is not established as a photo of this seizure and is not listed; Folha do Mate credits its arrest photo to the Brigada Militar.
The cocaine and the three cellphones are noted only to explain the mixed arrest and are excluded from cannabis figures.
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.
