On 20 September a multi-agency task force comprising the Federal Police’s Special Maritime Unit (NEPOM), the Paraná Integrated Force to Combat Organised Crime (FICCO/PR) and the state Border Police Battalion (BPFron) raided a rural property in Toledo, 80 km from the Paraguayan border. Hidden in a barn were 708 kg of pressed marijuana and two firearms. The haul, announced by the PF on 21 September, is part of ‘Operação Sul-Seguro’, an ongoing crackdown on secondary storage sites used to break bulk shipments moved over the Paraná River. Intelligence suggests traffickers increasingly avoid direct highway crossings, preferring to stockpile drugs inland before feeding them into domestic distribution networks. For companies running just-in-time trucking between Cascavel’s agribusiness cluster and Paranaguá port, the heightened police presence may produce spot checks and temporary road closures on BR-467 and adjacent rural routes. Supply-chain planners should monitor PF social channels and maintain buffer inventory during the next fortnight of operations. The seizure also illustrates growing cooperation between federal and state forces—a model the Justice Ministry wants replicated along the entire 17,000-km land frontier by 2027. Mobility professionals moving expatriates through western Paraná should expect more ID verification and advise drivers to carry original vehicle papers.
Source: Polícia Federal
