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Son of 'Pedro Dom' Arrested in Nova Friburgo Drug-Trafficking Case

Police say he admitted serving as the Village neighborhood's trafficking manager.

Overview

  • The 151st Police Station and Military Police detained two men in flagrante on Nov. 18 after an intelligence-led sweep in the Village area of Nova Friburgo.
  • Officers seized a large quantity of narcotics and found buried caches that Pedro Henrique Fanzeres Lomba pointed out to the teams.
  • Authorities identified him as the son of Pedro Machado Lomba Neto, known as Pedro Dom, a high-profile offender who died in 2005.
  • Both detainees were taken to the 151st precinct and will answer for drug trafficking and association for trafficking.
  • Police say he wrote his father's nickname on the cell floor, and Extra reported it would be his first entry in police records.