This Thursday (18), 116 suspected members of the criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) were arrested during an operation launched by the Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (Gaeco) of Uberlândia, in Minas Gerais, in several cities in the state of Minas Gerais. In addition to the arrests, the operation also carried out […]
Two men die in clash with police in Salvador
Two men died in a confrontation with agents from the Bahia Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) after taking a woman hostage on Thursday night (18), in Salvador. According to the Military Police, the agents were in the region during a patrol when they saw two armed men. According to the incident report, upon seeing the […]
PF operation seizes 400 kilos of cocaine on BR-153
The Federal Police (PF), in an integrated action with the Military Police (PM) and the Federal Highway Police (PRF), seized 400 kilos of cocaine-based paste on BR-153, in Goiás, on Thursday night (18 ). The seizure was on the border with GO-336, in the northern region of the state. According to agents, the drugs were […]
Court condemns student who attacked actor Victor Meyniel in Rio for bodily harm and homophobic insult
The Rio de Janeiro Court decided to convict medical student Yuri de Moura Alexandre of bodily harm and homophobic insult, accused of attacking actor Victor Meyniel, in September last year, after a party in Copacabana, in the south zone of the capital of Rio de Janeiro. According to the decision of the 27th Criminal Court […]
PRF seizes 'gelato-flavored super marijuana' on SP highway
The Federal Highway Police (PRF-SP) seized, on Thursday night (18), 24 packages of skunk, a drug known as super marijuana, during an inspection of a car on the Fernão Dias highway, at the Vargem tollbooth, in the interior of São Paulo. According to agents, four packages contained a new form of the drug, “gelato-flavored gourmet […]
“Uncle Paulo” case: what remains to be known about the corpse taken to the bank in Rio
The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro are still investigating the case of the 68-year-old man who was taken dead to a bank branch in Bangu, in the west zone of the capital of Rio de Janeiro, last Tuesday afternoon (16). The man was identified as Paulo Roberto Braga. He arrived at the bank branch […]
“I was very sad and surprised”, says mother of teacher released after being unjustly arrested
In a statement to CNN the mother of physical education teacher Clayton Ferreira Gomes dos Santos, 40, said she was “sad” and “surprised” after discovering that her son had been arrested, as he “hadn’t done anything”. He was arrested last Tuesday (16) on charges of robbery, but was released after a request from his defense […]
Professor arrested on robbery charges is released after the court responds to his defense request in SP
The physical education teacher, Clayton Ferreira Gomes dos Santos, aged 40, who had been arrested last Tuesday (16) on charges of robbery, was released this Thursday afternoon (18). The professor's defense lawyer, Danilo Cavalcanti Reis Claudino, had filed a habeas corpus petition, asking for the professor's freedom yesterday afternoon (17), which was granted by the […]
Marijuana plant weighing approximately 15 kg is seized in Santa Catarina
A marijuana plant measuring 2.5 meters tall and weighing around 15 kg was seized from a house in the city of São Joaquim, in Santa Catarina, by the state's Civil Police. During the first phase of the operation, which began on Tuesday (16) and resulted in the arrest of some individuals, the police found a […]
Temperatures continue to decline in the South and Southeast of Brazil this Friday
To the South and Southeast regions of Brazil are expected to continue with declining temperatures due to the mass of cold air of polar origin that reaches these areas of the country this Friday (19). According to the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet), the metropolitan regions of Curitiba and Porto Alegre, Oeste Catarinense, Vale do […]