Intelligence-Led Raids in Rio Region Capture TCP Leader and Multiple Suspects

Overview

• A prioritized 36-year-old suspect identified by Polícia Civil as the Terceiro Comando Puro (TCP) leader in Parque Belém, Angra dos Reis, was arrested and held on a preventive warrant for trafficking and extortion.
• Operations across Porto Real, Volta Redonda, Três Rios and Itatiaia led to multiple arrests and the seizure of cocaine, marijuana, crack, packaging materials and cash.
• Police recovered a range of weapons and explosives, including a 9mm pistol with magazines in Três Rios, a shotgun and revolver with erased serial numbers in Itatiaia, and two grenades in Itatiaia.
• Several 16-year-old adolescents were apprehended and will face atos infracionais analogous to the adult charges while at least one suspect tried to bribe officers and was charged with corrupção ativa.
• A separate São Paulo operation in Hortolândia uncovered larger stored caches — about 2.2 kg of cocaine and 1.7 kg of marijuana — showing the use of rented rooms for stockpiling drugs that support street sales