A man was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking on Thursday 5 November 2026 in Pau D’Arco, a rural settlement in Arapiraca, in Alagoas’s Agreste region.[1][2] GazetaWeb placed the arrest in the afternoon of that Thursday.[1] Tribuna Hoje placed the same arrest in the morning.[3] Estadão Alagoas said the incident was recorded at about 10:40 during an action by the Canil of the 3rd Military Police Battalion.[4]

According to the Military Police of Alagoas, a team from the Canil of the 3rd Battalion was training with sniffer dog K9 Caos when residents reported drug sales at a house in the area.[1][2] Officers went to the address, and while part of the team went to the back of the house another officer called at the door and was met by a woman.[1][3] The team then saw a man throw a black plastic bag over the wall.[1][2] Tribuna Hoje said he threw the bag over the back wall of the property and did not resist when stopped.[3]

In the bag officers found 17.52 grams of a cocaine-like substance, 41 grams of marijuana, 34 grams of marijuana flower and 177 grams of crack, and they seized R$13.45 in cash.[1][2] Tribuna Hoje said the 41 grams of marijuana were in 40 portions and the cocaine-like substance was in 21 wraps.[3] Estadão Alagoas reported the cannabis as 75 grams of marijuana, matching the two marijuana weights, alongside the same cocaine, crack and cash figures.[4] During a search of the house the dog indicated a box, but no other illicit item was found.[1] Estadão Alagoas said the resident authorised the officers to enter and that the search used dog K9 Kaos.[4]

The man was taken to the Central de Polícia, where the applicable legal procedures were carried out.[1][2] Tribuna Hoje said he remained in custody at the Civil Police station in Arapiraca.[3]