Man arrested in Guaíra with 288 kg marijuana and pesticides worth R$5.7m
A man was arrested in Guaíra, Paraná, on 8 November 2026 after driving from Mundo Novo with 288 kg of marijuana and 150 kg of illegal pesticides in a Jeep Renegade. The Receita Federal put the total load value at R$5.7 million; the man was held while a second person fled.
A man whose identity was not disclosed was arrested on the morning of Sunday 8
November 2026 in Guaíra, Paraná, after leaving Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul.[1][2]He was carrying 288 kg of marijuana and 150 kg of illegal pesticides, which
the Receita Federal valued together with the load at R$5.7 million.[1][2][3]He was
caught in Guaíra as he was handing the loaded vehicle to another person in the
car park of a supermarket.[1][3][4]
According to the Receita Federal, the seizure followed an exchange of
information between its Mundo Novo customs office and the Border Police
Battalion, known as BPFRON, after the man showed suspicious movement near the
Ponte Ayrton Senna bridge linking Mundo Novo and Guaíra.[1][2]Security-force
teams were then tasked with monitoring the vehicle and checking the situation to
prevent a possible escape.[1]The car was found in the car park of a
supermarket in Guaíra as it was being handed over to another driver, and one of
the people involved fled when police arrived.[1]
Boxes holding marijuana and the farm inputs were found in the luggage
compartment of a Jeep Renegade, and the vehicle was also seized.[1]The car
and the drug were taken to the Federal Police in Guaíra, while the pesticide was
sent to the Receita Federal inspectorate.[1]
JD1 Notícias valued the seized vehicle alone at about R$100,000.[5][3]JD1 Notícias and Correio do Estado both also name the Federal Police and the Guaíra municipal guard, Guarda Municipal, among the teams in the integrated action.[6][3]JD1 Notícias, which credits the Dourados News portal, writes that the operation began with intelligence work on a vehicle possibly used to carry illicit goods.[5][3]
The teams put the total value of the seizures at R$ 5,703,641.[4]
A 19-year-old man was arrested in flagrante during the integrated operation in Guaíra.[7]
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Source: Campo Grande NewsBoxes of illegal pesticides found inside the car boot in Guaíra. Photo: Divulgação via Campo Grande NewsPhoto details
Only one accessible source was found for this event, so no second account confirms the details.
The suspect was not identified by name or age, and no charge, custody decision or court outcome beyond referral to the Federal Police in Guaíra was reported.
The R$5.7 million figure is the Receita Federal estimate for the whole load, covering marijuana, pesticides and the seized vehicle together, so no cannabis-only value is recorded.
The 150 kg of pesticides is a non-cannabis component of the same load and is excluded from the cannabis weight; only the 288 kg of marijuana is recorded as kg_seized.
One person involved fled when police arrived; it is not known whether that person was later identified or arrested.
No laboratory confirmation of the marijuana was reported.
The pesticide weight, about 150 kg, is not a cannabis figure and stays out of the cannabis weight; the R$5,703,641 total covers marijuana, pesticides and the car together.
JD1 Notícias lists the Federal Police and the Guaíra municipal guard among the teams in the action, while Midiamax names only the Receita Federal customs office and BPFRON; Correio do Estado attributes both to the Dourados News portal rather than to an agency statement.
The Passeio and Correio do Estado images are the same Receita Federal handout as the Campo Grande News photo of the agents, and only the Midiamax addresses could be confirmed directly; no separate photo of the marijuana itself was found.
No name, age, charge, custody decision or court outcome beyond referral to the Federal Police in Guaíra was reported.
Jornale describes the load in the car as "cerca de 288 quilos", an approximate figure, while the report records exactly 288 kg as given by its other sources.
Folha de Dourados does not identify the car, the driver or how many suspects escaped; the Jeep Renegade model comes from the Campo Grande News account already cited in the report.
The exact R$ 5,703,641 total is not broken down between marijuana, pesticides and the vehicle, so no cannabis-only value is recorded.
The article gives the combined valuation of the pesticides and the marijuana in both its headline and body, without separating the marijuana's value from the pesticides'.
Its lead photo is a numbered stock image by Fabio Tito, not evidence of this event, so it is not added as media.
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