40-year-old arrested with 247.6 kg of cannabis in car on BR-277 in Guarapuava
Federal Highway Police stopped a 40-year-old man at a restaurant beside the BR-277 in Guarapuava on 8 November 2026 and found 247.6 kg of cannabis in his car. He first denied carrying the drug, then admitted he would be paid to take it from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba, and was taken to the Civil Police station.
Federal Highway Police (PRF) officers detained the driver of a car with 247.6
kilograms of cannabis in the afternoon of Sunday 8 November 2026 at kilometre
326 of the BR-277, in Guarapuava, in central Paraná.[1]The driver was a
40-year-old man.[2]
Officers approached the vehicle at a restaurant beside the highway.[1][3]According to the PRF, the driver became nervous as the officers approached and
first denied carrying the drug.[1][3]He then admitted he was carrying the load
and said he would be paid to take it from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba.[1][3]The
SOT account says he would receive a sum of money for the job.[2]
The man was taken with the drugs and the vehicle to the Civil Police station in
Guarapuava.[1]The SOT account names that station as the Delegacia da Polícia
Civil de Guarapuava, where the usual procedures were carried out.[2]The SOT
report credits its information to the PRF and its photograph as Divulgação, the
outlet’s label for agency handout material.[2]
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No name, charge or court outcome was published for the driver; the case was at the investigation stage when reported.
Neither account states where in the car the 247.6 kg was found, despite Paraná Central's headline referring to the boot.
The exact coordinates of kilometre 326 of the BR-277 in Guarapuava are not given; the locality coordinates of Guarapuava are used.
The SOT headline says the drug was found in a vehicle on the BR-277, while the text says the car was at a restaurant beside the highway.
Paraná Central does not state the driver's age or the destination station, which come only from SOT.
A Catve.com report of the same PRF statement was found in search but returned an access error when opened, so it is not cited.
The BnT Online article is an automatic Spanish translation of its Portuguese original and says it was not reviewed by a journalist, so wording may differ from the original text.
The page carries no separate Portuguese title in the body, only a link offering the original, so only the Spanish-language version is cited here.
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