Military Police officers in Laguna Carapã, a municipality in southern Mato Grosso do Sul, seized 199 tablets of marijuana weighing about 212 kg during a traffic check on Avenida Brasil on the morning of Thursday 5 November 2026.[1] Police valued the load at about R$ 424,000, a preliminary estimate.[1] The officers stopped a blue Fiat Uno because of apparent irregularities in the vehicle’s structure and found that the 20-year-old driver had no driver’s licence.[1] The driver was arrested in the act for drug trafficking.[1]

The young man told police he had picked up the already-loaded car at a petrol station in Ponta Porã, a city on the border with Paraguay, and was to deliver it to Dourados for a payment of R$ 20,000.[1] Police said they found the tablets packed inside the car during a search of the vehicle.[1]

The driver and the drug were taken to the Depac police station in Dourados, where the arrest was formally registered.[1] The car stayed seized at the Civil Police station in Laguna Carapã for forensic and traffic procedures.[1] The Laguna Carapã unit is subordinate to the 2nd Independent Military Police Company, based in Caarapó.[1] The suspect’s name was not released.[1]