Military police in Içara stopped a 17-year-old at a car wash in the town centre at about 3:40 p.m. on Friday 6 November 2026.[1] The teenager told officers he was there to deliver the drug to the owner of the car wash, a 34-year-old man.[1] Officers then approached the car wash owner, who damaged his mobile phone after seeing that its conversations indicated possible involvement in the crime, and tried to run before police restrained him.[1]

Police seized 1.862 kilograms of marijuana in the incident.[1] The teenager was apprehended for an infraction equivalent to drug trafficking, the procedure applied to a minor under Brazilian law.[1] The owner of the car wash was placed under arrest and both were taken to the Central de Plantão Policial, the duty police station.[1]