Military Police arrested a 20-year-old man wearing an electronic ankle monitor on suspicion of drug trafficking in Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia.[1] The arrest took place on the night of Monday 9 November 2026.[2] The arrest was made by the 6th Military Police Battalion’s intelligence nucleus and a Radiopatrulha radio patrol crew.[1] The action began near the Pérola Negra clandestine port on Avenida Beira Rio in the Triângulo neighbourhood.[1] Police saw him receive a bag from a Bolivian woman while he was on a black motorcycle, and he hid it under his clothes before leaving at speed.[3] He ignored an order to stop and fled, losing control at the junction of Avenidas XV de Novembro and Rocha Leal near the Afonso Rodrigues sports gym, where officers caught him.[1] A search found a tablet of cannabis wrapped in plastic and adhesive tape.[1] The tablet weighed about 1 kilogram.[1]

The arrest was made with forces assigned to Operation Madeira-Mamoré II, coordinated by the Federal Police.[1] The man, the drug and the motorcycle were taken to the Federal Police station in Guajará-Mirim for legal procedures.[1] O Mamoré reported that the operation also involved the Federal Highway Police, the Border Police Battalion (BPFron), the 6th Battalion’s tactical patrol unit (Patamo) and the Rondônia narcotics department (Denarc/RO).[3]