Police Execute Multi‑State Raids on Prison‑Run Drug Networks

Overview

• The main operation in Paraná mobilized about 500 officers on Wednesday to carry out 215 judicial orders, with police reporting roughly 92 arrests on warrants and nine additional detentions in flagrante.
• Separate Paraná actions in Cascavel led to eight flagrante arrests and the seizure of about 116 kg of marijuana plus cocaine, crack and haxixe, police said.
• Investigators in the Paraná sweep recovered weapons, ammunition, dozens of cellphones and an indoor cannabis cultivation site that will be submitted to technical forensic analysis.
• In Bahia, Operation Trainspotting executed six search orders and detained four suspects in Jequié and Salvador, seizing multiple phones, motorcycles, cash, drugs and one firearm.
• Police say digital forensics from seized cellphones and records show the groups used in‑prison leaders, visitors, routers, PIX transfers and shell accounts to run distribution and launder proceeds, and authorities expect more arrests as inquiries continue.