Police raids seize weapons and cocaine in Bahia, Brazil

Police in Feira de Santana’s Gabriela neighborhood arrested a man with an active arrest warrant and seized a large cache of firearms, ammunition, and drug‑related material, including a precision balance, an amount of cocaine‑like substance, two knives, a long‑barrel pistol replica, two handmade machetes, .380 ammunition, an improvised carbine‑like firearm and shotgun replicas. The weapons included a loaded .380 handgun ready for use.

In a separate operation in Cruz das Almas’s Suzana neighborhood, officers detained a 20‑year‑old digital influencer suspected of supplying drugs for local June festivals. The raid uncovered 293 portions of cocaine, plastic packages of the same substance, high‑value marijuana, 53 ecstasy tablets, two precision balances, packaging materials, and cash. The suspect was charged with drug trafficking and placed in custody pending trial.