An 18-year-old man was arrested for drug trafficking in the afternoon of Thursday 12 in the São João Margem Esquerda neighbourhood of Tubarão, Santa Catarina.[1] He had an outstanding arrest warrant for the same crime, and officers executing it stopped his vehicle at about 16h45 when it came into view.[1] Officers found a bag on the seat of the vehicle with 14 portions of marijuana totalling 320.3 grams, wrapped in clear plastic and ready for sale.[1] Questioned by the officers, the man said he had been delivering drugs by phone and the marijuana was seized and he was taken to the police station.[1]

A second outlet, Diário do Sul, reports the same stop and seizure, citing the Military Police that the man said he did phone deliveries of narcotics.[2]