Officers of Patamo, the Amapá military police’s independent motorcycle tactical patrol company, detained a 15-year-old girl and a woman on suspicion of drug trafficking on the afternoon of Wednesday, 4 November 2026.[1] The officers were patrolling Avenida das Nações near the entrance of the Passarela Dom Pedro, a footbridge the report describes as known for heavy drug selling.[1]

When the two women saw the patrol vehicle they ran into the footbridge, and the officers followed and stopped the girl, who was carrying a black backpack.[1] A search of the backpack found six medium portions of cannabis and a credit card, and the girl, identified as 15 years old, admitted the drug was hers.[1] The other woman had gone into a nearby property, where police found 22 small drug portions kept in a green pot, packaging material and a precision scale.[1] The woman confirmed the material was hers and that the house belonged to her.[1]

The girl was apprehended for an infraction analogous to drug trafficking under the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA), Brazil’s juvenile justice code.[1] The second suspect was also taken to the police authority for the applicable procedures.[1]