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Police Raid Dismantles Major Stolen-Motorcycle Chop Shop in Duque de Caxias

Investigators describe a Corte Oito hub feeding Comando Vermelho’s parts pipeline in the Baixada with arrests now a priority.

Overview

  • Operação Torniquete, led by the 59th Police Precinct with support from the 15th Military Police Battalion, uncovered multiple clandestine workshops in Corte Oito.
  • Officers recovered about 50 stolen motorcycles, with some found intact and others already dismantled.
  • Seizures included packaged parts ready for sale, card machines, and a press used to compact drugs.
  • Police say the operation disrupted a logistics node that supplied Comando Vermelho’s vehicle-receptation network across the Baixada Fluminense.
  • The probe was launched after a tip naming a man known as “Dada” as the operator, and authorities are working to identify and arrest those involved.