Military police officers arrested a man in flagrante for drug trafficking on the night of 3 November 2026 in a supermarket parking lot in Cidade Morumbi, in the south zone of São José dos Campos.[1][2] The arrest was carried out by Força Tática teams of the 46th Battalion, the 46º BPM/I tactical force of the Military Police, who were patrolling the Cidade Morumbi area at around 8 p.m.[1][2] The officers noticed a motorcyclist carrying a backpack who was watching vehicles in the parking lot and stopped him for a search.[1][2]

A search of the backpack found three pressed blocks of marijuana.[1][2] Questioned at the scene, the man said he would receive R$600 to deliver the drugs to another person.[1][2] Police put the total weight of the three blocks of seized marijuana at 2.020 kilograms.[1][2] Officers also collected the motorcycle the suspect had been using and a mobile telephone.[1][2]

Officers took the man to the Central de Polícia Judiciária (CPJ), the central judicial police station.[1][2] He remained in custody there for drug trafficking.[1][2]