The Civil Police of Amazonas confirmed this Friday (10) the removal of delegate Jorge Arcanjo, suspected of participating in a criminal organization that operated in several states in Brazil.
The investigation was organized by the Civil Police of Bahia last Thursday (9) in the states of Bahia, São Paulo, Paraná, Ceará and Amazonas.
According to the Civil Police of Amazonas, the delegate, who was approved in the corporation’s last competition, is suspected of criminal activity committed before his appointment to the position, in 2023, in the state of Bahia.
Jorge Arcanjo was stationed in the 74th Integrated Police District (DIP), in the municipality of Borba, 151 kilometers from Manaus. THE CNN tries to contact the server’s defense.
According to the Civil Police of Bahia, the criminal group practiced extortion through kidnapping resulting in death. These crimes served to cover up other illicit activities, such as drug trafficking and money laundering.
In a statement, the Civil Police of Amazonas reported that the investigations were carried out confidentially by the Specialized Department of Criminal Investigations (Deic) of the Civil Police of Bahia until the warrant was served.
About the operation
The investigations were initiated around a year ago by the Specialized Anti-Kidnapping Police Station (DAS) and involved data crossing and detailed monitoring of the group’s activities.
In addition to the dismissed delegate, five other people were arrested in Salvador, capital of Bahia, and in the cities of Candeias, Lauro de Freitas, Dias D’Ávila and Camaçari, in the metropolitan region of Salvador.
The police also detailed that there were arrests in Ceará, São Paulo and Paraná. In total, six temporary arrest warrants were served and two arrests were made in the act.
What was seized
- Two firearms, a .38 caliber revolver and a pistol, with four magazines, in addition to a G2C magazine, 128 .40 caliber ammunition and five .38 caliber ammunition;
- Two CPUs, four notebooks, an external hard drive, 18 cell phones;
- Miscellaneous documents;
- R$42,620 thousand reais in cash and US$1,500 dollars;
- Luxury vehicles, including a Toyota Corolla, a BMW, a Range Rover Evoque, a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle and a Mercedes, the latter located in Amazonas;
- Nine watches, various jewelry;
- Five ecstasy pills.
The operation also blocked around 100 bank accounts linked to the criminal organization, which handled approximately R$150 million in the last three years.
This content was originally published in Delegado is removed after suspected participation in a criminal organization on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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