26/06/2025 – On Thursday (26), Enel Rio, with support from the Civil Police, carried out an operation on Ilha Grande, to remove illegal electricity connections known as “gatos”. Five properties — including a restaurant, a hostel, and three houses — were inspected and notified. Direct illegal connections were identified, and five police reports were filed. The property owners were taken to the 166th Police Station. Electricity theft is a crime in Brazil, punishable by 1 to 4 years in prison.
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29/06/2025 – A 35-year-old man was arrested on Sunday (29), in the Nova Angra neighborhood, suspected of fatally stabbing his disabled cousin. The crime occurred on May 15, and the victim was reportedly unable to defend himself. Civil Police from the 166th Precinct carried out the arrest. The suspect was already under investigation by the DEAM for threatening his aunt. He remains in custody and at the disposal of the Justice system.
01/07/2025 – On Tuesday (1st), a new phase of Operation Cerco Total led to the arrest of two adults and the detention of two minors at the Morro do Carmo, in central Angra dos Reis. The group—three males and one female—was caught at a known drug selling point called Escadaria da Roupa Suja. Police seized cocaine, ecstasy, crack, loló, radios, phones, and cash. All four confessed to working for the Comando Vermelho, which controls the local drug trade. Each had a defined role in the operation, including lookout and dealer.
01/07/2025 – On Tuesday (1st), Civil Police carried out another phase of Operation Cerco Total in Banqueta, an area controlled by the Comando Vermelho. Officers arrested Luís Felipe Gama Lemos, 38, who was acting as a lookout from an abandoned house with a radio. Two teenage boys, aged 16 and 17, were also detained after being caught at a nearby open-air drug point. The operation led to the seizure of marijuana, cocaine, and loló. The drug den functioned openly during the day, resembling a market stall.
01/07/2025 – On Tuesday night (1st), the Federal Highway Police seized around 16 kilograms of cocaine on the Rio-Santos highway, near Caetés, in Angra dos Reis. Officers stopped a speeding car under heavy rain and found 14 kg of cocaine hydrochloride and 2 kg of cocaine base in the back seat. The driver, a 19-year-old app driver, claimed the car was rented but it was registered to his uncle. He denied knowing the drug’s origin or destination. The case was sent to the 166th Police Precinct.
