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Bahia Police Launch Operation AGRO II Against Cattle-Theft Meat Ring

Account freezes target the group's finances to deter the trade in unsafe, uninspected meat.

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Overview

  • Officers executed court orders across eight Salvador neighborhoods and arrested one suspect on Friday.
  • Authorities seized more than 500 kilograms of meat without provenance in poor storage conditions, which health surveillance and ADAB plan to destroy.
  • Inspectors interdicted two butcher shops in Cajazeiras and sealed cold rooms at a third over sanitary and fiscal violations linked to suspect products.
  • Judges froze the investigated individuals’ bank accounts up to R$30,000 each to drain illicit gains and support restitution to victims.
  • About 100 personnel from the Civil Police, municipal health surveillance and ADAB took part, with investigators pursuing further targets and cautioning consumers about unusually low-priced meat.