Woman has surgery to remove 8 cannabis packages bound for Londrina prison
A woman was hospitalised in Arapongas on 30 October 2026 after swallowing eight packages of cannabis to take to her partner at the Penitenciária Estadual de Londrina. Doctors removed the packages in surgery and police seized the cannabis; no arrest or charge has been reported.
The case was registered in Arapongas on the morning of Friday 30 October 2026.[1]Military Police were called to the Hospital Norte Paranaense (Honpar) at
about 11:23, after a woman was admitted with severe stomach pain and said she
had swallowed drugs.[1]She told officers she had swallowed the packages to
carry them to her partner, who is in prison.[2]The prison is the
Penitenciária Estadual de Londrina (PEL), the state prison in Londrina.[1]The
attempt to transport the drugs ended with the woman in hospital.[2]
When she could not expel the material naturally, doctors at Honpar performed
surgery.[3]According to the Military Police, the surgery removed eight
packages of cannabis, which officers seized.[1]The drugs were sent to the
22nd Police Subdivision (SDP) in Arapongas and presented to the competent
authority.[1]
The case was presented to police authorities for legal measures.[2]The case
was to be investigated by the authorities.[1]
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Paraná's Border Police Battalion and federal agencies seized 7,781 kg of marijuana and skunk hidden in a maize load on a bitrem truck stopped on BR-163 near Marechal Cândido Rondon, and arrested a 30-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman. The operation, part of Operação Protetor, ran from 10 to 11 November 2026, and the battalion put the loss to organised crime at R$16,318,000.
Military Police in Lajinha found 58 marijuana tablets hidden in a stove in an abandoned house on 10 November 2026 and seized 62 tablets in all. A 20-year-old was arrested and a 17-year-old was taken into custody, and both were taken to the Civil Police station in Manhuaçu.
Federal Highway Police officers seized a load of marijuana hidden inside two fiberglass boats transported in a box truck during an inspection on the BR-277 in Cascavel, Paraná. The driver was released after showing he was unaware of the drugs, which were on their way from Missal to Rio de Janeiro.
Shock Company officers seized about 10 kg of marijuana hidden in scrubland in Pescaria, on Maceio's northern coast, after an anonymous tip during a patrol. The drugs were taken to the Central de Flagrantes, and no arrests were reported.
