Five people were arrested on Tuesday (29), in Belo Horizonte. The arrests were the result of a joint action of the Civil Police of Minas Gerais (PCMG) and Military (PMMG), which triggered the Operation Latro Auri in repression of property crimes that occurred in the Center-South region of Belo Horizonte.
In addition to the arrests, the police teams served seven search warrants at the Serra cluster, with Seizure of R $ 62 thousand in kind, jewelry, watches and other luxury items .
Investigations began at the end of 2024, after a series of thefts committed violently. “We started this joint work, and the investigations took us to a gang specializing in jewelry theft and theft, especially gold articles,” says Deputy Marlon Pacheco de Castro.
The delegate completes that, “among the investigated, there are two men, pointed out as the main robber’s executors, who had the pre -trial detention warrants.”
There were also three arrests in the act for receiving, possession of restricted use ammunition (material seized during searches) and environmental crime (resulting from the seizure of wild birds kept illegally).
According to the delegate, the investigations continue, “mainly, to investigate the crime of money laundering, since, as a result of the investigations, they were also seized vehicles valued at R $ 500 thousand acquired with resources of unproven origin. ”
The operation was attended by more than one hundred civil and military police and with air support and PMMG dogs.
This content was originally published in a police operation seizes more than $ 62,000, jewelry and luxury items in MG on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil

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