Military Police arrested a motorcyclist on the afternoon of Friday 30 October in the Perobas district of Domingos Martins, in the mountain region of Espírito Santo, on suspicion of carrying drugs and riding under the influence of alcohol.[1] Officers said they stopped him while he was riding in a manner they considered suspicious and found a small amount of maconha, the Brazilian term for cannabis, during the search.[1] A breath test indicated alcohol intake at a level that amounts to a traffic crime.[1] When questioned, the man said he had more drugs at his house.[1] With support from the K9 team, the dog Arya searched the house and located further portions of maconha.[1]
In total, officers seized eight buchas, small individual wraps, and two larger pieces of the drug.[1] Police said plastic bags found with the drug would have been used to divide and package it for sale.[1] During the same operation officers also found a trinca-ferro, a native songbird, kept in captivity without authorisation, and they seized the motorcycle the suspect had been using.[1]
The man was taken with the collected material to the 11th Regional Civil Police station in Venda Nova do Imigrante.[1] He remained at the disposal of the police authority, with no charge or court outcome named.[1]
