Man arrested for selling marijuana to teenager in Presidente Epitácio
Military Police arrested a man in flagrante for drug trafficking on the morning of 11 November 2026 in Presidente Epitácio, São Paulo, after a teenager was found with two marijuana portions and said he bought them from the man. A search of the man's house on Rua Alziro Baltazar found more marijuana portions and a larger piece, plus R$200 in cash and a phone.
🇧🇷 Rua Alziro Baltazar, Presidente Epitácio, São Paulo · Brazil
Military Police officers from the Companhia de Força Tática of the 42nd Military
Police Battalion (42º BPM/I) arrested a man in flagrante for drug trafficking on
the morning of Wednesday 11 November 2026 in Presidente Epitácio, São Paulo.[1]The officers were on tactical patrol after information about drug sales in
the area when they approached a teenager carrying two portions of marijuana.[2]The teenager said he had bought the drug from a man who lived on Rua Alziro
Baltazar.[2]
The teams went to the address and found the suspect.[3]The suspect authorised
the officers to enter the house, and they searched it.[1]The search found
several portions of marijuana already divided for sale and a larger piece of the
same substance.[3]Officers also seizedR$200 in cash and a mobile phone.[3]
The man was taken to the Civil Police station, where he remained in custody at
the disposal of the courts.[3]The teenager was also presented to the Civil
Police for the appropriate measures.[3]
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Police photo published with the report of the arrest of a man for drug trafficking in Presidente Epitácio. Photo: Polícia MilitarPhoto details
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Open questions the AI reported
No weight was published for the marijuana portions or the larger piece, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The man was not named and no age was published.
No charge, custody hearing or court outcome beyond the flagrante arrest was reported.
The accounts do not say where the sale to the teenager took place.
Whether the two portions the teenager was carrying were seized and counted with the material found at the house is not stated.
The three accounts reproduce a statement from the 42nd Military Police Battalion's social communication office, with no independent account of the arrest found.
Coordinates are for the centre of Presidente Epitácio, not the address on Rua Alziro Baltazar.
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