Military police arrested a man on suspicion of drug trafficking on the afternoon of Friday 13 November 2026 in Santa Lucia, Maceio.[1] A second account places the same arrest on the afternoon of Friday 13 November in Santa Lucia, Maceio.[2] The team had been called to check a report of drug trafficking at a commercial establishment.[1] Officers stopped a man matching the description in the report and found marijuana in his pocket.[1]

A search inside the premises found further portions of the same drug, bringing the total to 105 grams of marijuana.[1] Officers also seized a precision scale, a mobile phone, R$117 in cash and one pack of the medicine Rohypnol.[1]

The suspect admitted the seized items were his, was taken to the Central de Flagrantes and was formally charged with drug trafficking.[1] The case was logged at 16h31.[1]