Military Police arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of drug trafficking on the afternoon of Monday 9 November 2026 in the Canafístula neighbourhood of Arapiraca, in Alagoas’s Agreste region.[1] According to the Military Police, officers seized 35 portions of marijuana, 90 rocks of crack and 47 pins of cocaine during the operation.[1]
The incident was recorded at around 4pm during a patrol conducted by teams from the Pelotão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Pelopes) special operations platoon and the Canil dog unit of the 3º BPM.[1] Two police patrols entered a vacant lot while a third patrol received information that objects had been thrown over a wall towards the back of a neighbouring residence.[1] Officers called out to the occupants of the house, who came outside and informed police that a man was in the backyard.[1] The suspect then came out of the yard to be approached and searched by the officers.[1] During searches of the ground where the objects had been thrown, military police found a bag containing a sweet potato and the portions of drugs.[1]
The man found in the backyard was taken along with all the seized items to the Central de Flagrantes police station in Arapiraca.[1] After being questioned by the Civil Police, he remained detained under arrest for drug trafficking.[1]
