PRF seizes 3 kg of hashish from ride-app passenger in Guarapuava
Federal Highway Police stopped a ride-hailing car in Guarapuava on 6 November 2026 and seized about 3 kg of hashish carried on a female passenger's body. The case was sent to the Civil Police station in Guarapuava.
Brazil’s Federal Highway Police (PRF) carried out inspection operations in
Guarapuava on Friday, 6 November 2026.[1]Around 6:30 a.m., officers stopped a
car carrying a driver and passengers in Guarapuava.[2]During the inspection,
officers found approximately three kilograms of hashish on the body of a female
passenger.[1]The woman had hired the trip through a ride-hailing app.[1]Officers sent the hashish case to the Civil Police station in Guarapuava for
further procedures.[3]
Police described the hashish stop as one of three seizures in Guarapuava that
day, while the other stops involved mobile phones, foreign cigarettes and
medication.[1]
Photos and video
PRF handout photo published with the report on the three Guarapuava seizures. Photo: Divulgação/PRF.Photo details
Paraná's Border Police Battalion and federal agencies seized 7,781 kg of marijuana and skunk hidden in a maize load on a bitrem truck stopped on BR-163 near Marechal Cândido Rondon, and arrested a 30-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman. The operation, part of Operação Protetor, ran from 10 to 11 November 2026, and the battalion put the loss to organised crime at R$16,318,000.
Military Police in Lajinha found 58 marijuana tablets hidden in a stove in an abandoned house on 10 November 2026 and seized 62 tablets in all. A 20-year-old was arrested and a 17-year-old was taken into custody, and both were taken to the Civil Police station in Manhuaçu.
Federal Highway Police officers seized a load of marijuana hidden inside two fiberglass boats transported in a box truck during an inspection on the BR-277 in Cascavel, Paraná. The driver was released after showing he was unaware of the drugs, which were on their way from Missal to Rio de Janeiro.
Shock Company officers seized about 10 kg of marijuana hidden in scrubland in Pescaria, on Maceio's northern coast, after an anonymous tip during a patrol. The drugs were taken to the Central de Flagrantes, and no arrests were reported.
