BOPE seizes 250 kg of cannabis in Palhoça after driver flees and fires at police
Officers of Santa Catarina's BOPE special operations battalion seized about 250 kg of cannabis packed in boxes in a Fiat Fiorino in Palhoça on the night of 6 November 2026. The driver abandoned the car, fired at the police as he fled and got away; he had not been found.
BOPE officers seized about 250 kg of cannabis in Palhoça, in Greater
Florianópolis, on the night of Friday 6 November 2026.[1]The officers found a
Fiat Fiorino parked on a public road, following inquiries in the area, and the
car gave off a strong smell of narcotics.[1]
When officers tried to stop him, the driver abandoned the Fiorino and ran off on
foot, firing a shot at the officers, who returned fire.[1]The man escaped
after the exchange of fire and could not be located.[1]Searching the vehicle,
officers found the cannabis packed in boxes inside the Fiorino.[1]
The driver remained unfound and police said security forces continued searches
to identify and locate him.[2]The vehicle and the drug were taken for the
legal procedures.[1]
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Source: Agora FloripaPhoto captioned "O Bope apreendeu cerca de 250 kg de maconha, na noite desta sexta-feira (06), em Palhoça", credited to Polícia Civil de Santa Catarina.Photo details
No one was arrested, so no charge or court outcome is reported.
The cannabis is described as more than 250 kg by Agora Floripa and about 250 kg by Lê Notícias; the report uses 250 kg.
No precise weight, number of boxes or street value was published.
The neighbourhood Bela Vista is named only by Lê Notícias, and the exact street is not given.
Agora Floripa says the driver fired at the officers and they reacted; the number of shots is not stated.
The origin and intended destination of the load were not reported.
Both opened accounts appear to draw on the same Military Police occurrence report, so they are not fully independent.
Neither photo is captioned as showing the seized load or the Fiorino itself, so the media entries are links with that caveat.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Lê Notícias: Police in Palhoça carried out the action in the Bela Vista neighbourhood during vehicle checks around 19h.
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