PRF seizes 20.7 kg hashish hidden in baby seat in Mandaguari; 4 arrested
Federal Highway Police seized 20.7 kg of hashish hidden in a baby car seat, luggage and on the bodies of two women during a BR-376 stop in Mandaguari. Four occupants were arrested for drug trafficking and a 45-day-old baby in the car was placed with the Child Protection Council.
Federal Highway Police officers stopped a Ford/Ka at km 201 of BR-376 in
Mandaguari on the morning of 7 November 2026 at about 09h45.[1][2][3][4]During a
detailed search, officers found hashish tablets hidden inside the structure of
the baby car seat carrying a child.[1][5][3]Officers also found hashish concealed
in luggage compartments in the car.[1][5][3]
Part of the drug was carried attached to the bodies of two women travelling in
the vehicle.[1][5][2][3]Police seized a total of 20.7 kg of hashish in the operation.[1][2][3][4]Four occupants were arrested in flagrante for drug trafficking and
association for trafficking.[1][5][3][4]The four arrested were two women and two men,
and a 45-day-old baby who was in the car was placed in the care of the municipal
Child Protection Council.[6][5][3]
One of the detained women is the baby’s mother.[6][5]The vehicle, the drug and
the detainees were taken to the Mandaguari Civil Police station for the formal
procedures.[1][5][3]The baby who owned the car seat was 45 days old and was inside
the car at the time.[7]
The stop on BR-376 in Mandaguari was carried out by officers of the PRF operational unit based there.[4]
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Source: Maringá PostPRF handout photo of the seized hashish, captioned as the drugs found on the bodies of two women in the car. Photo: Divulgação/PRFPhoto details
G1g1.globo.comPTPRF encontra haxixe escondido em cadeirinha de bebê, no Paraná
g1g1.globo.comPTPRF revista carro de família e encontra droga escondida em cadeirinha de bebê e junto ao corpo da mãe; criança de 45 dias estava no veículo, no PR
The reports do not give the vehicle's origin, destination or route, or the identities or ages of the four arrested people beyond one being the baby's mother.
No court outcome beyond the flagrante arrest and referral to the Mandaguari Civil Police station was reported.
This G1 account rounds the seizure to about 20 kilograms, while the report records the precise 20.7 kg given by the other outlets; the reported figure is unchanged.
aRede credits its text to TNOnline, and both reproduce the same PRF statement already cited in the report, so it is not independent reporting.
This account gives no age for the child and does not say which of the four arrested people are the women or what their relationship to the child is.
Paiquerê's text credits the PRF and reproduces the same police statement as the outlets already cited, so it is not independent reporting of the seizure.
The Paiquerê photo is credited only as Foto: PRF, with no caption stating which part of the seizure it shows.
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