Brazil’s Federal Highway Police (PRF) arrested a 27-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman on the morning of Monday 2 November 2026 during an operation on the BR-277 in Guarapuava.[1][2][3] The woman was driving a car without a driving licence and was travelling with her two daughters, aged 10 and 9.[1][2] Officers found the woman driver’s answers disconnected, then ordered a second vehicle to stop, but its driver disobeyed and fled along the highway.[1]
The pursuit lasted about 14 kilometres and ended when the fleeing vehicle hit a pole on the roadside of the BR-277.[1][4][2][3] The detained driver also had no driving licence and admitted that he had collected the drug in Foz do Iguaçu to take it to Curitiba.[1] Officers seized 130.9 kilograms of cannabis in the operation, allegedly being transported from Foz do Iguaçu to Curitiba.[1][4][3]
The woman confessed that she was supporting her partner in transporting the drug.[1][4][2][3] Both suspects were taken with the drug and the vehicles to the Federal Police station in Guarapuava for further procedures.[1][4][2][3] The two children who were in the first car were placed under the care of the Conselho Tutelar, the local child-protection council.[1][2][3]
The seizure occurred at kilometre 324 of the BR-277.[3] Officers first inspected a Logan carrying the woman and the two children in front of the PRF’s Guará operational unit.[3] The second vehicle ordered to stop was a Mbenz/A160, whose driver fled and drove dangerously, putting other road users at risk.[3]
