Two arrested with 46.3 kg of cannabis on BR-277 in Guarapuava
Military police stopped a white Volkswagen Gol on the BR-277 in Guarapuava in the early hours of 4 November 2026 and found 45.3 kg of cannabis blocks plus about 1 kg of dry cannabis concentrate in the boot. Two men aged 19 and 21 were taken with the car and drugs to the 14th Police Subdivision.
Military police detained two men, aged 19 and 21, during a stop on the BR-277 in
Guarapuava in the early hours of Wednesday 4 November 2026.[1]The officers
found a white Volkswagen Gol and its driver stopped as ordered.[1]A personal
search of the occupants found nothing, but officers inspecting the car found
several blocks in the boot weighing 45.3 kilograms in total and described as
similar to marijuana.[1]
Officers also seized about one kilogram of a substance recorded in the police
report as dry cannabis.[1]The article describes dry as a cannabis concentrate
produced by separating the trichomes, the plant structures that hold
cannabinoids including THC.[1]
Brazil’s Drug Law, Federal Law 11.343/2006, sets a penalty of five to 15 years
in prison plus a fine for transporting or storing drugs without authorisation.[1]
Photos and video
Police photo of the cannabis parcels found in the boot of the Volkswagen Gol, laid out with the badge of the 16th Military Police Battalion. Photo: Divulgação/16o BPMPhoto details
No names were published for the two detained men, and no formal charge or court outcome is reported.
The article gives the total as approximately 46.3 kg but presents the blocks as 45.3 kg and the dry cannabis as approximately 1 kg; the 46.3 kg figure is used as stated for the combined cannabis weight.
The exact kilometre of the BR-277 and the location of the secondary entrance to the municipality are not given.
Only one opened account was found; searches returned no other outlet reporting this stop.
No valuation or street value of the load was published.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Extra Guarapuava: The 16th Military Police Battalion reported that its team had information that a vehicle was travelling from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba possibly carrying drugs, so officers went to the secondary entrance to the municipality.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Extra Guarapuava: The two men, the car and the drugs were taken to the 14th Police Subdivision (14a Subdivisão Policial) for judicial police procedures.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Extra Guarapuava: The account credits its image to the disclosure of the 16th Battalion.
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