Military police in Santa Catarina arrested a 27-year-old man from Pernambuco on suspicion of drug trafficking during a patrol in the Tapera neighbourhood of Florianópolis.[1] Officers of the 4th Military Police Battalion, the 4º BPM, recorded the incident on Rua Heleno Peixoto Costa after they saw suspicious movement in a vacant lot.[1] The force said the patrol spotted the man in a situation that suggested he might be selling drugs.[1] They stopped him and found drugs and cash.[1]
A personal search found portions of a substance similar to cocaine, already divided and apparently prepared for sale.[1] Police said he was wearing several pieces of clothing, which made the drugs harder to locate.[1] Officers also seized 189 reais in cash.[1] They took his mobile phone, which they said might contain information for the trafficking investigation.[1]
With support from the Military Police central dog unit, the Canil Central, a sniffer dog found packages containing substances similar to marijuana and hashish.[1] Police said the find strengthened the suspicion that the vacant lot was being used for drug selling.[1] The Military Police did not give the exact quantity of each substance seized.[1]
The man was placed under arrest and taken to a police station without injuries for the legal procedures.[1] The force said the stop was part of overt policing by the 4º BPM in the state capital.[1]
