Man arrested with 3.5 kg of marijuana at home in Maceió
Military Police arrested an unnamed man in Santos Dumont, Maceió, after finding about 3.5 kg of marijuana and a precision scale in his home. He was medically examined, taken to the Central de Flagrantes and booked for drug trafficking.
🇧🇷 Santos Dumont neighbourhood, Maceió, Alagoas · Brazil
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Arrested
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Cannabis
3.5 kg
Military Police arrested a man in the Santos Dumont neighbourhood in upper
Maceió on the night of Tuesday 3 November 2026 on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1][2]ROTAM officers of the Alagoas Military Police went to Santos Dumont after
the corporation’s intelligence sector warned that drug trafficking was occurring
there and found the suspect in a car.[3]The reports do not give the man’s
name.[3]
Officers found nothing irregular in the vehicle, and the man told them he kept
marijuana at his residence.[1][2]With the resident’s authorisation, officers
searched the home and seized about 3.5 kg of marijuana together with a precision
scale.[3][2]Police described the scale as material that can be used to weigh and
divide drugs.[1][2]
The man was taken for a medical evaluation and then to the Central de Flagrantes
in the Tabuleiro do Martins neighbourhood.[3][2]He remained in custody after
being booked for drug trafficking, with the Civil Police completing the legal
measures and holding him at the judiciary’s disposal.[1]
No court outcome beyond the flagrante booking for drug trafficking was reported.
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