Military Police arrested a 32-year-old man in flagrante for drug trafficking and association for trafficking in Barbacena, Minas Gerais, on the morning of Monday 9 November 2026.[1] The operation involved actions across the São José and Boa Vista neighbourhoods and resulted in the seizure of marijuana and crack.[1] Police teams carried out a court-ordered search and seizure warrant at a residential property in bairro São José, entering after knocks went unanswered to find the house unoccupied.[2]

At the same time, another police team tracked the suspect’s Mitsubishi ASX and observed a man step out and hide an object on the pavement in bairro Boa Vista.[1] A search of the hiding spot yielded a bag containing a portion of marijuana alongside 16 crack rocks.[1]

Officers located and stopped the vehicle during tracking, and the driver acknowledged ownership of the seized narcotics.[3] The Military Police noted that the man was already serving house arrest connected to a drug trafficking investigation.[1] The suspect was arrested in flagrante and taken with the seized material to the Civil Police station for formal booking.[2]