Military Police officers arrested a 24-year-old man in flagrante for drug trafficking in the early hours of Tuesday 10 November 2026 in Paranaguá.[1] The arrest happened at about 01h00 on Rua das Copaíbas, in the Jardim Iguaçu neighbourhood, during a Military Police patrol.[1]

The team approached him after judging his attitude suspicious and searched him.[1] During the search they found 365 grams of a substance described as analogous to cannabis, divided into portions and packaged for sale.[1] The drug was being carried on a scale at his waist, with the portions ready for sale.[2]

At the scene he admitted holding the drug to sell it and said he already had a record for the same crime.[1] He was arrested and taken to the 1st Police Subdivision in Paranaguá with the seized drug and a mobile phone.[1] Officers also seized the mobile phone as potentially relevant to the investigation.[3]