Civil Police in Alagoas carried out a preventive detention warrant on Friday 6 November 2026 against a 19-year-old man investigated for drug trafficking in Marechal Deodoro, in the metropolitan region of Maceió.[1] The warrant came from an incident at the start of 2026, when the same suspect was arrested in flagrante in the Taperaguá neighbourhood.[2]

In that earlier arrest officers seized about 150 grams of cocaine and 58 grams of marijuana.[2] The 17th Police District’s head, delegate Daniel Aquino, said the earlier flagrant arrest in Taperaguá was the occurrence that started the investigation.[2]

The 1st Criminal Court of Marechal Deodoro granted the preventive detention after the police inquiry and court procedures advanced.[2] The man was taken to the police unit and remains at the disposal of the courts in Alagoas for the legal procedures.[1]