Military Police officers from the Tactical team of the 15th Military Police Battalion arrested a man in Belo Jardim, in Pernambuco’s Agreste region, on the afternoon of Wednesday 4 November 2026.[1] Officers spotted the man running down the street, which they considered suspicious behaviour, and he quickly went into a house when he saw the team approaching.[1] Police said the man was wearing an electronic ankle monitor, the device used by Brazilian courts to track people awaiting trial or serving alternative measures outside prison.[1] A second outlet, Na Boca do Povo, reported that the officers were on patrol at about 3.30pm when they saw him.[2]

During the approach officers found a portion of cannabis and 20 reais in cash with him.[1] The search continued in a nearby unoccupied plot of land, where officers found about 170 grams of cannabis, a precision scale and plastic packaging material.[1]

The man was taken with the seized material to the Civil Police station for the legal procedures.[1] According to Na Boca do Povo, the case led to the opening of a Verificação Preliminar de Informação, a preliminary police inquiry used to check a reported offence before a full investigation is opened.[2] Neither account published the man’s name or age.[2]