A 21-year-old from Sao Jose de Piranhas was arrested in flagrante in Itaporanga on the afternoon of Friday 13 November 2026 on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1] The arrest followed his identification as the person who abandoned a bag with about half a kilo of a substance similar to marijuana at the Ana Leite bus terminal, known as Rodoshopping, in Patos.[1] The capture was a joint action by the Patos homicide and narcotics office, the Itaporanga Special Tactical Group and the 3rd Military Police Battalion.[1]
Around 2:15 pm a security guard at the Patos terminal found a red bag apparently left on a bench near the entrance.[1] Inside the bag were a portion of substance wrapped in transparent plastic, a sheet and a towel.[1] When the guard collected the bag for the lost-and-found, he noticed a strong characteristic marijuana odour.[1] Military police officers went to the terminal and sent the seized material to the Patos narcotics office, where inquiries began to establish who left it.[1] Civil police investigators used the terminal’s security-camera footage to quickly identify the young man who had left the bag.[1]
Police found the suspect had already left Patos and was travelling on a bus bound for Cajazeiras.[1] Using data passed by the Patos office, the Itaporanga tactical team tracked the bus and stopped it when it reached the Itaporanga bus station, where the suspect was detained.[1] According to GTE delegate Fabio Oliveira, the young man admitted he was responsible for the material found at the Patos terminal.[1] He told police he was returning to Sao Jose de Piranhas after taking the drug to the neighbouring city.[1] After procedures were formalised at the police station, he was to undergo a custody hearing and remain at the disposal of the courts.[1]
