Military police arrested two men, identified as Vladimir and Meyzon, in the early hours of 7 November 2026 on suspicion of using a drone to carry drugs and mobile phones to a prison in Mato Grosso do Sul.[1] Meyzon was to pilot the drone while Vladimir watched police movements and supported the operation, and a third man, Uenderson, fled when officers approached.[1] The two detained men said they had been hired to collect the material on Rua Guaicurus and take it near a prison unit so the drone could make deliveries without entering the facility.[1] The two men were taken to the police station at about 4 a.m., with the car and cannabis placed under the responsibility of Denar, the specialised narcotics-repression unit.[1]

Officers stopped the suspects near Rua Dom João VI and Rua Jandaia after noticing the Ford Ka driver’s reaction to the patrol car and finding a switched-on drone controller inside the vehicle.[1] Officers then watched the aircraft land in a nearby vacant lot, where they found two portions of cannabis, packed mobile phones, batteries and accessories used to carry and release objects from the air.[1] Police seized 934 grams of cannabis, six mobile phones, five batteries, a DJI Air 3S drone and the Ford Ka used by the suspects.[2] Military police put the total value of the material taken out of circulation at R$97,000.[1]

The occurrence record did not identify which prison was to receive the products, who hired the service, how much would be paid or whether the group had made other deliveries.[1]

In 2026 the 9th Military Police Battalion seized four drones and arrested 10 people around the Campo Grande prison complex in Jardim Noroeste who were trying to launch illicit items.[3] Between Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November 2026, three people were arrested trying to launch drugs and mobile phones into the Maximum Security Prison.[3] Officers seized more than one kilogram of marijuana, seven mobile phones, batteries, a precision scale, adhesive tape, scissors, a drone and a Ford Ka from the suspects.[3] A commander of the 9th Battalion’s Força Tática said the unit had stepped up preventive and intelligence work near the prison to identify suspects and make arrests.[3] In April, two men were arrested trying to launch objects into the Maximum Security Prison, with a drone, 49 kilograms of marijuana, batteries and mobile phones seized.[3]