Vehicle stop on the PR-486 in Assis Chateaubriand finds cannabis for personal use
Military police stopped a vehicle on the PR-486 highway in Assis Chateaubriand, western Paraná, at about 23h20 on 6 November 2026 and found portions of cannabis and cocaine. Officers said the drugs were for the occupants' personal use, referred those involved in a Termo Circunstanciado and seized the drugs, without reporting any weight or the number of people.
🇧🇷 PR-486, Assis Chateaubriand, Paraná · Brazil
Military police in western Paraná stopped a vehicle on the PR-486 highway in
Assis Chateaubriand at about 23h20 on Friday 6 November 2026 and found portions
of cannabis and cocaine.[1]The teams carried out the stop in an operation
involving ROTAM, the rural patrol and the battalion’s 2nd Section, under the
operations Protetor and Omnis.[2]
Police said in the incident report that the drugs were intended for the personal
use of the vehicle’s occupants.[2]Officers issued a Termo Circunstanciado,
the procedural summons used in Brazil for minor offences, against those
involved, and seized the drugs for the legal procedures.[1]The occurrence was
recorded as drugs for personal consumption.[2]
The police did not report the quantity of drug seized or the number of people
stopped in the vehicle.[1]
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