Military police arrested a man in flagrante for drug trafficking on Friday 30 October in Martinópolis, São Paulo.[1] Officers were patrolling Jardim Dona Hilda when they met a car travelling in the opposite direction.[1] On seeing the patrol car, the driver made a sharp left turn, fled at high speed, and was intercepted at the crossing of Rua Antônio Joaquim Senteio and Rua Osvaldo Ferraz Caldas.[1] The driver showed above-average nervousness and had to be handcuffed.[1] While being taken toward his house, he kicked the glass of the prisoner-transport compartment in an attempt to break it and escape.[1]

A search of the car glove box found portions of marijuana and dry.[1] At his residence, his wife received the officers, authorized entry, and accompanied the sweep of the property.[1] In the kitchen, officers found another portion of marijuana and a precision scale with drug residue.[1] In total, police seized 467 grams of marijuana, five grams of dry, the scale and a mobile phone.[2]

The detainee was taken to the Civil Police station, where he remained in custody at the disposal of the courts.[1]