Influencer PTK Held in Multi-State Raid Targeting Comando Vermelho

Overview

• Police executed 51 judicial orders on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, including 21 arrest warrants and 30 search-and-seizure orders, and detained nine suspects in Maceió, Marechal Deodoro and the state of Rio de Janeiro.
• The operation was coordinated by the Alagoas state security secretariat with DRACCO and the Rio de Janeiro civil police, and used warrants issued by the 17ª Vara Criminal da Capital.
• Patrick Almeida, known as PTK, was among those detained and identified by investigators as having been “escalado” by Comando Vermelho leadership in Alagoas to run for local office in 2024 as a faction representative.
• Police reported they seized cash, mobile phones, jewelry and a pendrive from PTK and said the action aims to disrupt an alleged scheme to sponsor or place candidates who would protect and expand criminal activity.
• Officials say the coordinated, multi-jurisdictional raid underscores growing efforts to probe links between organized crime and electoral politics and could lead to expanded investigations of faction influence in Alagoas.