30-year-old driver arrested with 47 kg cannabis in Sabáudia
Federal Highway Police arrested a 30-year-old driver at km 245 of the PR-218 in Sabáudia on 3 November 2026 after finding 47 kg of cannabis in the trunk of his Fiat Argo. He was taken with the seized drug to the Civil Police station in Arapongas for legal procedures.
🇧🇷 km 245 of PR-218 in Sabáudia, Paraná · Brazil
Arrested
1
Cannabis
47 kg
A 30-year-old driver was arrested in flagrante.[1]The arrest took place on
the afternoon of Tuesday, 3 November 2026, in the municipality of Sabáudia in
the Arapongas region.[1]After the seizure, officers took the driver with the
seized drug to the Civil Police station in Arapongas for legal procedures.[2]
Officers stopped a Fiat Argo at km 245 of the PR-218 highway during the roadside
approach.[1]Police found 47 kg of maconha, the Portuguese word for cannabis,
being transported in the car’s trunk.[1]Police seized the 47 kg during an
inspection at km 245 of the PR-218 in Sabáudia on the afternoon of Tuesday (3).[2]The drug was being transported in the trunk of a Fiat Argo.[2]
The 47 kg figure and the stop details come from information released by the
Federal Highway Police.[1]The police did not report the origin of the drug or
its intended destination.[1]The driver was described only as a 30-year-old
man.[2]
The two reports give slightly different times for the stop, about 16 hours and about 15h40, so the report uses only their shared timing on the afternoon of 3 November 2026.
The origin and intended destination of the load were not reported.
The driver's name was not published.
No charge, custody ruling or court outcome beyond arrest in flagrante and transfer to the Civil Police was reported.
Both pages carry images whose filenames suggest the seizure, but without captions or credits establishing that they show this event, so no media entry is included.
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