Military police from the 2nd Battalion (Botafogo), with the support of 9th PD (Catete) and Gesar (Specialized Rescue Grouping and Rescue) units, hold on Tuesday morning (4) one Operation in the community of Morro do Santo Amaro in Catete, south of Rio de Janeiro.
The objective of the mission is the destruction of barricades that prevent access to the interior of the community, the location of drug sales points and the seizure of weapons and numbers. The amount of drug seized has not yet been accounted for by the corporation.
In the community, the police found material for drug production that, according to ascertain, was inventory for be marketed during the carnival . The agents also seized equipment for paying TV signature piracy and annotations of the criminal organization.
The teams also located a leisure area used by traffickers.
For the operation, the Military Police teams use the tactical support of two armored. So far, there is no information from prisoners or dead.
This content was originally published in Military Police performs operation against trafficking in the south of Rio on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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