Military police in Pernambuco arrested two men suspected of drug trafficking on Friday, 6 November 2026, in the Sítio Poço Redondo area of rural Serra Talhada.[1] The operation was carried out by the state’s Specialised Interior Policing Battalion (BEPI), with support from the 14th Military Police Battalion.[1]

Police said they seized 399 grams of marijuana and 202 grams of hashish, about 601 grams of cannabis in all.[1] The same operation yielded 1.262 kilograms of cocaine and 427 grams of crack, which are not counted with the cannabis.[1] Officers also took a motorcycle, two mobile phones and 112 reais in cash.[1]

The two men were taken to the Civil Police station in Serra Talhada with the seized material and booked in the act.[2] The submitted account reported the same handover of the men, the objects and the suspected drugs to the Serra Talhada station.[1] A Terra/Portal de Prefeitura account put the total mixed seizure at more than 2 kg, including cocaine, crack, marijuana and hashish.[3]

The Military Police did not say how the suspects were located or whether they had criminal records, and did not release their names.[1]