Police operations in Guarapuava and Pinhão resulted in the seizure of 22.39 kg of drugs and the arrest in flagrante of three men on drug-trafficking suspicion on Thursday 12 November.[1] According to the 16th Battalion of the Paraná Military Police, 21.6 kg of cannabis was seized in Pinhão and 794.14 grams of cannabis and cocaine in the Boqueirão district of Guarapuava.[1]
The joint operation of the military and civil police took place at 12h26, after an intelligence review indicated that a 21-year-old man monitored by electronic ankle brace was selling drugs from home.[1] During the approach near the property, the officers found two portions of ice-type cannabis in the suspect’s clothes.[1] Searches of the two properties, authorized by residents, located 521.06 grams of pressed cannabis, 194.49 grams of ice-type cannabis and 78.59 grams of cocaine.[1] The report estimates the value of the drugs seized in Boqueirão at more than R$10,700.[1]
At around 22h20, rural patrol teams found a crashed VW Gol on the shoulder of kilometre 6 of the PR-459 in Pinhão.[1] During the search, the officers found one cannabis brick under the driver’s seat and 40 more bricks in a package about three metres from the car; the police recorded 21.6 kg as the total weight of the seizure.[1] According to the report, the driver said he picked up the load in Chapecó (SC), was receiving instructions by phone and would earn R$4,000 for the transport; he said he did not know the final destination of the delivery. The man was arrested in flagrante and taken to the Pinhão Civil Police station, with the drugs and the vehicle.[1]
The first incident was registered at around 12h26 in the Boqueirão district, in an integrated operation between the Military Police and the Civil Police. Two men were arrested in flagrante on drug-trafficking suspicion. The seized material was valued at more than R$10,700.[2] The total of the seizure in Guarapuava was 521.06 grams of pressed cannabis, 194.49 grams of ice-type cannabis and 78.59 grams of cocaine.[2]
A 31-year-old man was arrested on drug-trafficking suspicion on the night of Thursday (12), after rural-patrol teams found a crashed vehicle on the shoulder of the PR-459 at kilometre 6 in Pinhão. According to the 2nd Company of the Military Police, 21.6 kilos of a substance similar to cannabis was seized during the incident, registered at around 22h20.[3] Questioned about the origin of the load, the suspect told the officers that he had picked up the material in Chapecó, in Santa Catarina. He also reported that he was receiving instructions from a third person by phone messages during the trip. Still according to the Military Police, the man claimed not to know the final destination of the delivery and said he would receive R$4,000 for the transport.[3] Under the driver’s seat, one brick of a substance analogous to cannabis was found, with a weight later measured at 0.514 grams. About three metres from the car, the officers located a package with 40 more bricks of the same substance, which totalled 21.086 kilos. In total, 21.600 kilos of narcotic was seized.[4]
According to the Military Police, the operation was triggered after intelligence investigations pointed to a 21-year-old man, a recent releasee from the prison system and monitored by electronic ankle brace, who would have resumed the sale of drugs from his residence.[5] During the procedures, the person responsible for the property arrived at the scene and confirmed that he was storing the drugs at the request of the first suspect. Given the situation, the two men were arrested and taken to the 14th Police Subdivision (SDP), together with a mobile phone and all the seized material.[5]
When approaching the 31-year-old driver, the officers noticed contradictions in the information presented and carried out searches of the vehicle and the surroundings. One cannabis brick was found under the driver’s seat and 40 more in a package located a few metres from the car. Questioned, the man reported that he had picked up the load in Chapecó (SC) and would receive R$4,000 for the transport. He was arrested in flagrante and taken, together with the drugs and the vehicle, to the Pinhão Civil Police station.[6]
