11/12/2025 – A 62-year-old man was apprehended and detained in downtown Santos for attempted shoplifting on Thursday (11). An employee of the store alerted the civil police to the man’s suspicious behavior as he was trying to leave the establishment without paying. Upon his arrest, officers found several chocolate bars and a stolen backpack on him.
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13/12/2025 – A 35-year-old wanted man, accused of extorting tourists at Guarulhos International Airport, was arrested by the Federal Police on Saturday (13), at the Port of Santos. He was attempting to board the singer Belo’s themed cruise ship. The individual was the subject of an arrest warrant for extortion, having threatened passengers, particularly foreigners, and demanded abusive payments for clandestine transport. During his arrest, police also found marijuana, hashish, and ecstasy in his luggage.
16/12/2025 – The Brazilian Federal Revenue Service seized 17 kg of cocaine hidden within a container structure at the Port of Santos on Tuesday (16). Sniffer dogs discovered the drugs camouflaged inside a six-ton shipment of bananas destined for the United Kingdom. Criminals had replaced parts of the container’s ceiling insulation with drug bricks; a method used six times this year for smaller volumes. The Federal Police have taken over the investigation, marking a total of 6.4 tons of cocaine seized at the port so far in 2025.
17/12/2025 – On Wednesday (17), the Federal Revenue seized 598 kg of cocaine hidden in a peanut shipment bound for Lithuania at the Port of Santos. Officers used sniffer dogs to find the drugs stashed inside sacks among 76 tons of cargo. This operation followed a 17 kg seizure in a banana container the previous day, bringing the port’s total for 2025 to over 7 tons.
