Two women were arrested in flagrante for drug trafficking and association for trafficking on the morning of Wednesday 11 November 2026 in Arapiraca, in the Agreste of Alagoas.[1] The action was carried out by teams of the 3rd Military Police Battalion during an integrated operation coordinated by the Alagoas Public Security Secretariat.[1] It began at about 11:30 after an anonymous tip that a passenger on a bus from Bahia was carrying drugs to the Arapiraca bus terminal in the Jardim Tropical neighbourhood.[1] The tip said the drugs would later be delivered to a house in the municipality.[1]

Officers from Pelopes 01, Pelopes 02 and the Canil dog unit went to the terminal and found a woman with two travel bags.[1] During the search they found a tablet of a substance similar to cocaine and a quantity of cannabis.[1] She said she had been hired to carry the drugs from Bahia to a house in the Jardim Esperança neighbourhood, where she was to make the delivery.[1] At that address officers found another woman at the door, who ran inside when she saw them, and cannabis was visible on a sofa.[1] After they were allowed to search the house, they found further portions of cannabis and crack.[1] The second woman said the material belonged to her brother, known by the nickname Cicinho, who had left the drugs and asked her to receive the delivery.[1]

Both women were taken with the seized material to the Central de Polícia, where they were booked in flagrante for drug trafficking and association for trafficking.[1] The Military Police reported seizing 471 grams of pressed cannabis.[1] They also seized 1,018 grams of cocaine paste, which is not counted as cannabis.[1] Officers also seized 101 grams of crack, which is not counted as cannabis.[1] They seized 6 grams of cocaine as well, which is not counted as cannabis.[1] Alagoas 24 Horas reported that officers seized R$158 in cash.[2] Officers also took four mobile phones.[1] They seized three precision scales and packaging used to store drugs.[1] Alagoas 24 Horas said a personal search of the passenger found nothing, and that the cocaine tablet and cannabis were found in the bags.[2]

That account described the operation as a joint action of the Public Security Intelligence Centre, known as CHEGII, and the 3rd Battalion.[2]