Military police in Perdigão arrested a 25-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1] The incident was recorded on 29 October during a patrol in the central area of the city after reports of drug sales.[1] When the man saw the officers approach, he tried to flee but was caught in a vacant lot.[1] Officers recovered a pouch he had discarded that held drugs and money.[1] Both suspects were arrested in flagrante and taken to the Civil Police station together with the seized materials.[1] The operation was handled by soldiers of the 60th Battalion.[1]

Police seized 14 marijuana tablets as the separately supported cannabis component.[1] The same seizure also included 75 crack rocks and two larger portions of crack.[1] Officers also seized six cocaine packets, which are not cannabis and are excluded from cannabis figures.[1] A precision scale, a mobile phone, a pocketknife and an unspecified amount of money were also seized.[1] The patrol had begun after denunciations about the sale of narcotics in the central region.[1]