Military Police arrested a 21-year-old man for drug trafficking on Saturday 31 October 2026 during a patrol in Córrego Três Barras in the rural zone of Alto Caparaó.[1][2] Officers saw the man riding a motorcycle, and when he noticed them he tried to flee but lost control of the vehicle and fell.[1][2] He then tried to hide by a river and officers found him under a bridge, where a search recovered drugs, money and mobile phones.[1] After the arrest he was taken to the Civil Police station, where the duty delegate handled the procedures.[1]

Officers seized about 126 grams of marijuana and 15 grams of hashish, the separately supported cannabis component totalling about 141 grams.[1][2] The same seizure also yielded 43 ecstasy tablets and about 3 grams of cocaine, which are not cannabis and are excluded from the cannabis figure.[1] Police also collected R$364 in cash and two mobile phones alongside the drugs.[1][2]

The encounter began as a routine patrol sighting rather than a planned raid on a house or plantation.[1]