A man was arrested in flagrante by the Military Police in Tupaciguara after threatening his own mother.[1] Officers went to the residence to answer a domestic-violence call and, during that attendance, received an anonymous tip that he kept a cannabis plantation in the yard.[1] With the family’s authorisation, the officers entered the property and found seven cannabis plants.[1]

The Military Police said the arrest was on 8 November in Tupaciguara and that seven plants similar to cannabis were seized from the yard of the residence.[2] During the call, officers were told by a complainant that plants similar to cannabis were at the property.[2] After contact with the people involved, and only after permission to enter the house, the team confirmed the plants were there.[2] During the intervention the man spontaneously said that he cultivated the plants and sold drugs to supplement the family’s income.[2]

Questioned, he confessed that he cultivated the drug and also sold it.[1] He said the sales were meant to supplement the family’s income.[1] He was arrested for the threats against his mother and for the illegal cultivation of cannabis.[1] The Military Police said he was given an arrest notice, in their wording in thesis, for threat in a domestic-violence context and for cultivating plants intended for the production of drugs.[2]

Seven plants were seized, and after a medical check he was presented to the Civil Police.[2] The plants were seized and he was left at the disposal of the courts.[1]