The Rio de Janeiro Civil Police arrested at least 15 people During the actions of Operation Tourniquet on Thursday (27).
The tourniquet aims to repress theft, theft and reception of cargo and vehicles and crimes that Finance the activities of the Red Command mainly. There are already more than 400 prisoners since the beginning of the initiative in September 2024.
This Thursday, agents of 19th DP (Tijuca) arrested 15 suspects, eight in an action in Penha in the North Zone, and a group of Seven people in a hotel in downtown Rio . THE CNN It found that the number may be even higher because of actions from other Rio police stations.
Eight prisoners in Penha were charged at the time they were overflowing with a stolen load of 27 tons of beans, valued at R $ 110 thousand . The investigation points out that it would be resold in a clandestine shed.
In addition to the suspects, police recovered a stolen truck, Two adulterated trucks (valued at R $ 100 thousand each), as well as other cars and vehicle parts. Watch a video of the action in Penha:
The prisoners were identified as Matheus Motta, Allan Patrick de Oliveira, Thiago Rosa, Kelvin Santiago, Rafael da Silva, Antonio Naya, Marcel dos Santos and Alessandro de Farias.
In the action in downtown Rio, the seven prisoners came from Goiás to transport luxury cars stolen between the states . Three cars with cloned plates were recovered in this Thursday’s action.
The operation was triggered from the work of the Intelligence Sector of 19th DP who identified a vehicle that would be marketed with criminals from the state of Goiás after being tampered with.
After locating the car, a Toyota SW4, the police arrested a man at the time they opened the vehicle. Others Three men and three women were charged inside the hotel room.
Questioned, the suspects admitted were in Rio de Janeiro at the behest of organized crime to seek vehicles . Police said the arrested men have several criminal notes.
One of the prisoners, Thiago Amon Matias, is Former Military Police of Goiás and has tickets for theft, reception, criminal association, motor vehicle signal tampering, illegal possession of firearms, theft, extortion and association for drug trafficking . Investigations indicate that women’s presence aimed to avoid suspicions in any approaches to security forces.
The other prisoners were identified as Tiago Silva, Waflan Camargo and Israel da Silva. Watch a video of them arriving at the police station in downtown Rio:
All detainees in Operation Tourniquet on Thursday were taken to the Benfica prison and are available to the courts.
This content was originally published in operation Tourniquet: Civil Police arrests at least 15 people in RJ on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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