Military Police arrested a man for drug trafficking at around 23h on Saturday 7 November 2026 in the Perequê neighbourhood of Porto Belo, Santa Catarina.[1] Officers on patrol near a petrol station saw him throw an object away when he noticed the patrol car and stopped him.[1] The approach turned up six portions of cocaine totalling about 5 grams.[2]

During the stop officers saw notifications on his phone with drug delivery orders and questions about prices.[1] With the resident’s permission, the patrol went to a house he indicated in the Morretes neighbourhood of Itapema, where officers found about 200 grams of marijuana and a precision scale.[3] The man acknowledged that the drugs and the scale were his and said he made deliveries in Porto Belo and Itapema.[2]

He was arrested and taken with the seized material to the Civil Police station for the legal procedures.[4] The details came from the press office of the 31st Military Police Battalion (BPM), as credited by the regional outlets.[2]