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Police Probe Possible Link in São Paulo Marijuana Hauls as Highway Stops Net Seizures in Bahia and Minas

Investigators say the shipments shared a Belo Horizonte destination, prompting coordinated checks on interstate routes.

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Overview

  • In Jales, São Paulo, officers found 95 bales totaling 1,955 kg of marijuana hidden behind packages of pasta in a box truck.
  • A day earlier in Bady Bassitt, another trucker was intercepted with a large load bound for Belo Horizonte, and both incidents were registered as drug trafficking.
  • The Federal Highway Police is examining whether the two northwest São Paulo consignments are related or linked to the same criminal organization.
  • In Riachão das Neves, Bahia, two men were arrested after police, acting on Federal Police information, discovered about 188 kg of marijuana in a Toyota Hilux.
  • On BR-135 in Augusto de Lima, Minas Gerais, Military Police seized 15 cellphones, two vials of tirzepatide and eight syringes from a São Paulo–Bahia bus, arrested the driver for descaminho, and forwarded the case to Federal Police and Receita Federal.