Military Police officers arrested a man in the act of drug trafficking on the night of Sunday 8 November 2026 in the Morro do Horácio, in Florianópolis.[1] The arrest came during Operação Lei e Ordem (Operation Law and Order), with officers from the 4th Military Police Battalion and the BOPE special operations battalion.[1] According to the Military Police, the teams were patrolling a spot known for drug dealing when they approached the man and found a range of drugs already divided into portions, plus equipment used in trafficking.[1]

Officers seized 260 grams of marijuana and 4 grams of hashish.[1] The rest of the haul was 40 grams of cocaine, 27 grams of crack, 7 grams of MD, two ecstasy tablets, a two-way radio, two precision scales, 529 reais in cash and a mobile phone.[1] The man and the seized material were taken to the Capital’s on-duty police station, which handles arrests.[1]