Military police arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of drug trafficking on the night of Thursday 5 November 2026 in the Jardim Eldorado neighbourhood of Nova Alvorada do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul.[1][2] During the stop officers seized 13 portions of marijuana weighing about 102 grams.[1][2] Officers of the 3rd Platoon of the Military Police made the arrest after a tip-off logged through Disque-Denúncia 181, an anonymous crime-reporting hotline.[1][2]

During preventive patrols the officers saw the man on a public street; he became nervous when he noticed the patrol car, changed direction abruptly and drew their suspicion.[1][2] A search found a bag with the drug, divided into 13 wrappers, in the man’s pocket.[1][2]

While officers dealt with the arrest, the man told them he had arranged a drug delivery that ended in gunfire against another 22-year-old, on 13 October in the Maria de Lourdes neighbourhood.[1] In his account he suspected an ambush awaited him at the meeting and so sent the other young man to make the delivery in his place.[1] He said two people on a motorcycle shot the courier during the negotiation, hitting him in the right arm and grazing his back.[1] The shooters had already been arrested in the investigation of that shooting.[1] His account was written down by the Military Police as potentially useful to the investigation of the shooting.[3][2]

The man was arrested in flagrante and the drug was seized and sent for the applicable legal measures.[1][2]