On the night of 12 November 2026 a woman passing in the street offered candies to children who were playing in the patio of a residence in Bairro Santa Cruz in Cascavel, and the children accepted and ate them.[1] Two children aged 1 and 4 needed hospital care after eating the candies, which the investigation said contained THC, the psychoactive substance in marijuana.[2] A third child aged 7 also received a candy but spat it out after noticing a strange taste.[2]

Hospital exams on the children indicated a cannabis-derived substance, as Military Police lieutenant Leonardo Brandt told a press briefing.[1] A candy that had been left over was sent for analysis, and the Military Police said that test also confirmed cannabis in the sweet.[1] Police seized the remaining candy and used it to verify the composition of the product.[2]

Residents in the area recognised the woman, restrained her and assaulted her.[1] She had facial injuries and bleeding, and Guarda Municipal teams went to Rua Xavantes near the junction with Rua Carijós to detain her.[1] A local resident, Marcos of Dom Black, mobilised people to find her, and after she was detained a Guarda Municipal team went to the scene.[3] She was taken to the Civil Police Central de Flagrantes.[3]

The woman said she had received the packet of candies from a man called Luiz, for whom she sometimes cleaned, and did not know they contained drugs.[4] Officers found a packet with other similar candies on her, which was collected for expert examination to confirm the composition.[5] The case is investigated by NUCRIA, the unit for child and adolescent victims, and the woman was taken in flagrante to the station while the assaults on her may also be examined.[5]