Military police from the Specialised Policing Company (CPE 20) arrested a man on suspicion of drug trafficking in Ceres, in west-central Goiás, on Monday 9 November 2026.[1] The intelligence team had identified the suspect receiving a bag from a motorcyclist near the Setor Jardim Petrópolis.[1] Officers followed the man, who was driving a silver Toyota Corolla, to a residence in the Jardim Sara Ribeiro.[1]

In the property police found a bag containing drugs, a precision scale and a roll of plastic film, materials that can be used to prepare and package drugs.[1] The suspect was not at the residence and was found after searches at another property on Rua 58, in the same neighbourhood.[1] According to the police record, he admitted receiving the bag from a person who made deliveries by motorcycle and said he threw the drug away when he noticed the officers.[1]

In total officers seized approximately 2 kilograms and 40 grams of a substance similar to marijuana, of the skunk type, with a precision scale and a roll of plastic film.[1] The suspect was taken to the UPA in Ceres for medical evaluation and then presented at the police station, where he was arrested in the act on suspicion of drug trafficking under article 33 of Law 11.343/2006.[1] The drug will undergo expert examination to confirm its nature.[1]