Mother Arrested in Gravataí After 3-Year-Old Tests Positive for Cocaine

Overview

• Police detained a 33-year-old on March 9 in Gravataí’s São Vicente neighborhood under a preventive order on suspicion of mistreatment.
• The case began in September 2025 after the father reported his daughter was groggy following a visit, and a hospital urine test detected cocaine.
• Authorities say a preventive arrest was requested in September 2025 and the suspect remained a fugitive until this week.
• Investigators cite a prior record of child mistreatment involving other children, and her name has not been released.
• Police report the child said she was given a “medicine” as the mother denies wrongdoing and alleges a boyfriend left drug paraphernalia, with IGP analyses pending to determine drug quantity.