19-year-old held with 98 marijuana portions at a Caruaru avenue
Teams of the 1º Biesp arrested a 19-year-old suspected of drug trafficking on Avenida Leão Dourado, near Vila Kennedy in Caruaru, Pernambuco, on the evening of 9 November. Officers seized 98 small marijuana portions, 105 grams of pressed marijuana and a precision scale, and the young man was taken to the Caruaru on-duty police station.
🇧🇷 Avenida Leão Dourado, near the entrance to Vila Kennedy, Caruaru, Pernambuco · Brazil
Arrested
1
Cannabis
105 g
Agency
Polícia Militar de Pernambuco (1º Batalhão Integrado Especializado)
Teams of the 1º Batalhão Integrado Especializado (1º Biesp), a specialised
policing battalion of Pernambuco’s military police, arrested a young man
suspected of drug trafficking in Caruaru in the early evening of Monday, 9
November.[1]Police recorded the incident on Avenida Leão Dourado, near the
entrance to Vila Kennedy.[1]The suspect is 19 years old and lives in the
Xique-Xique neighbourhood.[1]
According to the police, officers caught him at the moment he was preparing the
drug for sale.[1]Officers seized 98 small marijuana portions, known locally
as big bigs, along with 105 grams of pressed marijuana and a precision scale.[1]
After the arrest the young man was taken to the Caruaru on-duty police station
for the legal procedures, where he was expected to be charged in flagrante with
drug trafficking.[1]
Photos and video
Photo published with the report on the seizure of 98 marijuana portions and 105 g of pressed marijuana in Caruaru, credited only as Reprodução.Photo details
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