69 kg of cannabis and hashish seized in Foz do Iguaçu
Federal and military police seized about 69.2 kg of marijuana and hashish in Foz do Iguaçu on 6 November 2026 after watching a boat cross the Paraná River from Paraguay. The suspects fled into woodland and the drugs went to the Federal Police station for legal procedures.
On Friday 6 November 2026, teams of the Federal Police and the Military Police
seized approximately 69.2 kg of drugs in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná.[1]The action
joined the Border Police Battalion of the Paraná Military Police with the
Federal Police.[2]Teams spotted a boat crossing the Rio Paraná from Paraguay
to Brazil.[1]The suspects abandoned the load and fled on foot into woodland
as the teams closed in.[2]Searches found no suspects.[2]
Officers searched the area and found the volumes inside an abandoned building.[1]The inspection found 36.5 kg of capulho-type marijuana and 32.7 kg of
Moroccan hashish.[1]A second account described the same split as 35.5 kg of
capulho marijuana and 32.7 kg of hashish-like substance, totalling 68.2 kg.[2]
The seized drugs were taken to the Federal Police station in Foz do Iguaçu for
legal procedures.[1]
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Polícia Federalgov.brPTPF e PM apreendem mais de 69 quilos de drogas em Foz do Iguaçu
SOTsot.inf.brPTBPFRON e Polícia Federal apreendem mais de 68 kg de drogas na fronteira com o Paraguai em Foz do Iguaçu
Open questions the AI reported
The Federal Police reports 36.5 kg of capulho marijuana for a 69.2 kg total, while the second outlet reports 35.5 kg for a 68.2 kg total; the report uses the Federal Police figures.
The second outlet estimated the loss to traffickers at about R$2.1 million; no value is recorded because the Federal Police statement gives no estimate.
No suspects were located, so no arrests, charges or court outcome were reported.
Federal Highway Police arrested a 44-year-old truck driver in the early hours of 11 November 2026 after finding more than half a tonne of skunk, about 591 packages, in a false bottom of his truck's cargo body at km 319 of the BR-070 in Jussara, Goiás. The load had left Cacoal, Rondônia, bound for Goiânia, and the driver was to be paid R$10,000.
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.
Federal Highway Police officers seized 245.6 kilograms of marijuana from a white Chevrolet Onix that fled an inspection on the BR-163 in Lindoeste, western Paraná, on the night of 10 November 2026. The 25-year-old driver and a 16-year-old passenger were taken with the car and the drug to the Civil Police station in Cascavel.
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.
