The Ibaté Municipal Civil Guards (Guarda Civil Municipal, GCM) arrested a man on the night of Thursday 12 November 2026, on suspicion of drug trafficking in the Jardim Cruzado neighbourhood of Ibaté, São Paulo state.[1] The officers were on a preventive patrol on Rua Borborema when a man, noticing the patrol vehicle approaching, threw a bag onto the roof of a house.[1] Officers stopped the man and a personal search found money on his person; when asked about the bag he admitted to having thrown it away and said he was selling drugs.[1]

The bag held three cocaine pins, 13 rocks of crack and a portion of marijuana, and R$262.35 in cash was also seized.[1]

The suspect was handed a warrant of arrest and taken to the Municipal Hospital for a medical assessment, and then presented at the São Carlos Policial Plantão (on-duty police station).[1] After reviewing the case the police authority confirmed the flagrante arrest and the man was sent to the São Carlos Triage Centre, where he remained at the disposal of the justice system.[1]