534 kg of marijuana seized on the Rio Paraná bank in Mundo Novo
Federal and state officers seized about 534 kg of marijuana on the banks of the Rio Paraná in Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul, on 4 November 2026 after watching men load bundles into cars. The suspects fled and none was arrested, and the vehicles and drug were taken to the Federal Police station in Guaíra.
🇧🇷 Banks of the Rio Paraná, Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul · Brazil
Federal and state officers seized about 534 kg of marijuana on the banks of the
Rio Paraná in Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul, on 4 November 2026, and no one was
arrested.[1][2]The men loading the bundles into cars fled when the teams
approached, and none was found.[1][3]
A team from the Receita Federal office in Mundo Novo took part in the action,
the local customs and tax office.[1]The teams came from the Border Police
Battalion of Guaíra, in Paraná, the Receita Federal office in Mundo Novo, and
the Federal Police’s Special Maritime Police Nucleus (Nepom).[4][1]A Crítica do
MS republished the same agency account headlined on the Receita Federal office
in Mundo Novo and the Paraná police.[5]
The operation began after the agencies shared information about suspicious
movement in the border area.[1][2]Officers had identified a car with São Paulo
plates that was allegedly being used to carry illegal goods.[1]Approaching
the spot, the officers saw people transferring several bundles into cars parked
in the area.[4][1]Written as a substance similar to marijuana, the bundles
weighed about 534 kg once found and weighed.[4][3]
The vehicles and all the seized material were sent to the Federal Police station
in Guaíra, Paraná, for the legal procedures.[4][1][3]Campo Grande News reported
that there was no information about arrests in the case.[1]
The officers arrived at the loading site after information shared between the agencies pointed to suspicious vehicle movement in the frontier region targeted in the inspection.[1]
Photos and video
A car and the marijuana tablets seized during the integrated operation on the banks of the Rio Paraná in Mundo Novo. Photo: Divulgação/Receita FederalPhoto details
Receita Federalgov.brPTOperação Fronteira Receita Federal já soma cerca de R$ 30 milhões em apreensões
Diário do Litoraldiariodolitoral.com.brPTFiscais abrem um livro enviado pelo correio e encontram haxixe escondido entre as páginas; caso fez parte de operação com R$ 29,5 milhões apreendidos
The articles give no separate date for the seizure, only the publication dates of 4 November 2026, used here as the incident date.
No value, plant or hectare figures were published for this seizure, only the approximately 534 kg weight.
No suspects were located, and no charges, custody decisions or court steps were reported.
The report describes the drug as a substance similar to marijuana; the Federal Police and Receita Federal gave no statement that could be opened to confirm the amount.
The source does not say which bank of the river, or on which side of the Paraná, the bundles were found; coordinates use the centre of Mundo Novo.
The two photos are separate agency handout images of the seizure, one showing the car and tablets and the other the tablets alone, and no further photographs of the event were published.
The Campo Grande News account gives no separate date for the seizure; 4 November 2026 is its publication date, used as the incident date.
The page says only that no one had been located at the time of publication, leaving open whether suspects were later identified.
The submitted headline refers to hashish hidden in a mailed book, but the captured article text gives no weight, place, date or enforcement detail for that case, so no separate hashish figure is recorded.
The captured submitted text ends mid-sentence on the Viracopos gun-parts inspection involving the dog Thor, so that episode is left out here.
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