Acting on a drug-trafficking tip, a ROTAM team stopped suspects in the Conjunto João Pavan in Jardim Alegre on the afternoon of Tuesday 10 November, with the incident recorded at about 16:40.[1][2][3] Military Police approached two suspects and seized two grams of maconha and cash from one of them.[1][2][3] Officers then searched that man’s home and found six maconha plants grown in pots and about 82.5 grams of the same drug.[1][2][3]

At the house the police also seized a precision scale, inputs used to prepare and package drugs, and notebooks with trafficking notes.[1][3] The operation totalled 84.5 grams of seized maconha, including a small brick and three portions in zip-lock bags, plus a mobile phone and R$12 in cash.[1][3] The suspect was arrested and taken to the Civil Police central flagrant unit, where he remained at the disposal of the courts with the drugs and seized objects.[1][2]