A 27-year-old man was arrested on the afternoon of Wednesday 11 November 2026 during a Military Police stop on the MT-248 state highway in Araputanga, about 338 km from Cuiabá.[1] The stop took place at about 16:30.[2] He was the rider of a motorcycle that police had been told was travelling from Indiavaí toward Araputanga.[1]

The team acted on an anonymous complaint and on information from the Local Intelligence Agency, known as A.L.I., and from the RAIO unit.[1]

During the stop and search, officers found four tablets of a substance analogous to marijuana inside a backpack the rider was carrying.[1] According to the Military Police, he said he would receive R$ 1,000 to take the drug from Pontes e Lacerda to Araputanga.[1]

Officers also found that he had neither a national driving licence, the CNH, nor the motorcycle’s registration and licensing certificate, the CRLV.[1] He was arrested and taken to the competent authorities for the legal procedures.[1] The case is to be investigated by the Civil Police.[1]