A 40-year-old man was arrested for drug trafficking after military police searched a kitnet on Avenida Paraná in Catanduvas, western Paraná, on the night of Tuesday 10 November 2026.[1] The operation began at about 8:08 pm, when a military police team working with the ROTAM team of the 2nd Company received reports of drug sales from kitnets on the avenue.[2]
Officers approached the man at the corner of Avenida Paraná and Rua 25 de Julho after seeing him leave one of the units.[3] A personal search found 4.7 grams of cocaine and a key.[3] He said the key belonged to the kitnet he had left and allowed the officers inside.[1] Two other men who arrived at the property were searched and released after nothing illegal was found with them.[1]
In the empty unit, officers found a further 78.4 grams of cocaine and 106 grams of marijuana, along with two precision scales, foil, plastic film and three HT radios.[1] They also seized seven .22-calibre rounds, R$446.50 in cash, a notebook with notes on trafficking and a replica firearm.[1] In total, police seized 83.1 grams of cocaine and 106 grams of marijuana.[3] The man was arrested and taken to the Central de Flagrantes, the police station that handles arrests in the act, for formal procedures.[1] The operation was handled by teams of the 5th Regional Military Police Command through the 6th Military Police Battalion.[4]
