An 18-year-old man was arrested on Thursday 29 October 2026 after officers of the Paraná Military Police Border Battalion, BPFRON, stopped the Toyota Corolla he was driving in Realeza, in southwestern Paraná.[1] The stop was part of Operation Border Protector, carried out by the battalion’s 3rd Company.[1] Radar BO reported the same Thursday arrest of an 18-year-old by BPFRON in Realeza, during an operation it named Operação Protetor de Fronteiras e Divisas.[2]
Sniffer dogs indicated drugs during the stop of the Toyota Corolla.[2] A body search found packages strapped to the driver containing 264 grams of capulho cannabis, a form of pressed marijuana bud, and 1 kilogram and 890 grams of hashish, about 2.15 kilograms in all.[1] Radar BO gave the same weights, 1.890 kilograms of hashish and 264 grams of capulho cannabis, hidden against the driver’s body.[2]
Officers arrested him in the act for drug trafficking under article 33 of Law 11.343/2006 and took him, the drugs and the seized car to the police station in Capanema.[1] Radar BO also said he was taken with the drugs and the seized vehicle to the Civil Police station in Capanema for the legal procedures.[2] BPFRON estimated the loss to crime at R$ 120,000.[1] Radar BO, citing BPFRON, described that figure as an estimated R$ 120,000 loss to organised crime.[2]
