Police seized about 3 kilograms of cannabis and 500 grams of cocaine in Ribeirão Tavares, Brusque, on the afternoon of Monday 9 November during an anti-drug-trafficking operation.[1] The operation was led by the Delegacia de Investigação Criminal (DIC) and ended with the arrest of two adults and the detention of a teenager.[1] The two adults arrested were a 49-year-old man native to Nova Trento and a 39-year-old woman native to Brusque.[1] All three were taken to the DIC station in Brusque for legal procedures, and the teenager was handed over to a legal guardian in accordance with Brazilian law.[1]

Police seized approximately 3 kilograms of cannabis and 500 grams of cocaine during the operation.[2] Officers first stopped a vehicle as it left a monitored house and found the man and the teenager inside with a backpack holding more than 2.5 kilograms of cannabis and just over 400 grams of cocaine.[3] A subsequent search of the residence uncovered the rest of the drugs, part of which had already been divided into smaller portions for sale.[1] Inside the house, investigators also seized knives, scissors and a precision scale used to prepare and divide the drugs, along with a notebook containing drug-trafficking records.[1]

The DIC launched the operation after investigations and tips reported heavy movement of drug users in the Ribeirão Tavares area.[1] Police suspected that people who had fled an anti-trafficking raid in the Dom Nelson neighbourhood of Brusque at the end of October, in which various drugs were seized and arrests were made, had relocated to Ribeirão Tavares to continue selling drugs.[1] After placing the property under surveillance, officers observed movement on Monday afternoon matching the denunciations before intercepting the car and searching the house.[1]