20-year-old arrested with 10 kg of marijuana in Siqueira, Fortaleza
Civil Police of Ceará arrested a 20-year-old man in flagrante on 12 November 2026 in the Siqueira neighbourhood of Fortaleza, seizing about 10 kilograms of a substance similar to marijuana from a property. He was booked for drug trafficking and illegal possession of a restricted-use firearm, and the courts converted his arrest into pre-trial detention.
🇧🇷 Siqueira, Fortaleza, Ceará · Brazil
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Polícia Civil do Estado do Ceará (PCCE), Delegacia de Repressão às Ações Criminosas Organizadas (Draco) +1
Civil Police of Ceará (PCCE), through the organised-crime unit Draco together
with the narcotics unit Denarc, arrested a 20-year-old man in flagrante on
Thursday 12 November 2026 in the Siqueira neighbourhood of Fortaleza.[1]The
arrest was made while officers served a search-and-seizure warrant on a property
in the neighbourhood.[1]Police said the suspect was already under
investigation for membership in a criminal organisation.[1]
Officers seized approximately 10 kilograms of a substance similar to marijuana,
divided into 10 tablets.[1]Three precision scales, ten .40-calibre rounds and
a portion of empty pins used to package and sell drugs were also seized.[1]
The suspect was taken to Draco and booked in flagrante for illicit drug
trafficking and illegal possession or carrying of a restricted-use firearm.[1]After the flagrante arrest report was drawn up, he was placed at the disposal of
the courts.[1]The Civil Police of Ceará said the courts had already converted
the flagrante arrest into pre-trial detention.[2]
Photos and video
Police handout photo published with the report on the arrest in Siqueira and the seizure of about 10 kilograms of marijuana in 10 tablets. Photo: reprodução/PCCEPhoto details
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