02/09/2026 – On Wednesday (2), Military Police officers detained two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, after spotting them on a motorcycle in the Bracuí neighborhood. Upon approaching the vehicle, officers observed one of the girls attempting to discard a tablet of marijuana, leading to a search that uncovered 40 crack rocks, R$ 90 in cash, and a cell phone inside the motorcycle compartment. Taken to the local police station, the 16-year-old was booked for drug trafficking while the 17-year-old was cited for drug possession for personal use, after which both were released to face legal proceedings in accordance with Brazilian juvenile law.
09/09/2026 – On Wednesday (9), a 61-year-old man was shot and killed on Rua Ari Caetano in the Japuíba neighborhood. Military Police dispatched to the scene discovered the victim’s body with multiple gunshot wounds, indicating a summary execution. Forensic investigators collected evidence at the site before transferring the body to the Instituto Médico Legal (IML), while the 166th Police District opened a homicide investigation to determine the motive and identify the unknown, at-large perpetrators.
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06/09/2026 – On Sunday (6), a 32-year-old man was found dead with multiple puncture wounds in the Areal neighborhood, following a violent physical altercation where witnesses reported the use of a knife. Military Police officers secured the crime scene for forensic inspection, which confirmed the cause of death before the victim’s body was transferred to the local Legal Medical Institute (IML). The Military Police intelligence sector identified a suspect involved in the stabbing, while the Police District registered the homicide and initiated investigations to locate the perpetrator and clarify the motive.
07/09/2026 – On Monday (7), a 52-year-old man was stabbed in the neck following an argument inside a residence in the Japuíba neighborhood. After the attack, the injured victim fled the residence to seek assistance at a nearby commercial establishment, where SAMU paramedics rendered first aid before transporting him to the Japuíba Municipal Hospital for emergency medical treatment. Officers from the Military Police responded to the scene, and the Police District subsequently opened an investigation to identify and locate the fleeing assailant.
08/09/2026 – On Tuesday (8), three unidentified assailants opened fire on Rua das Flores in the Parque Mambucaba neighborhood, killing one man and wounding two others. Local residents transported the two surviving victims to a nearby emergency care unit (UPA), before one of them was transferred to the Praia Brava Hospital to treat gunshot wounds to the leg and abdomen. Crime scene investigators gathered evidence on-site and transferred the deceased victim to the Angra dos Reis Legal Medical Institute (IML) for forensic examination. The 166th Police District opened a homicide investigation to identify the gunmen and determine the motive behind the attack, with no arrests reported.
08/09/2026 – On Tuesday (8), a dispute between students inside a public transit bus traveling through the Encruzo da Enseada neighborhood resulted in one teenager inflicting a minor wound on another using a pair of school scissors. The altercation forced the driver to halt the vehicle, leading passengers to disembark while SAMU paramedics, Military Police officers, and Guardianship Council (Conselho Tutelar) representatives responded to the scene.
08/09/2026 – On Tuesday (8), police officers arrested a 39-year-old suspect at the bus station in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, concluding a joint investigation by the 166th Police District and the 33rd Military Police Battalion (“Operação SICÁRIO”). The man had fled the state after committing two knife attacks over the holiday weekend in the city: stabbing a 32-year-old man to death in the Areal neighborhood on Sunday (6) over a R$ 20 drug debt, and stabbing a 52-year-old man in the neck in Japuíba on Monday (7) during an argument. Officers transferred the suspect back to Angra, where he was formally booked for qualified murder and attempted murder stemming from trivial motives.
09/09/2026 – On Wednesday (9), a 25-year-old man kidnapped a 26-year-old sex worker in downtown Angra, driving her to Rua da Torre in Sapinhatuba III, where he forced her to transfer R$ 3,200 via Pix. He then stabbed her, applied a chokehold, and attempted to strangle her with a rope before she fought back and escaped to receive care at Japuíba Municipal Hospital. Following a joint operation between the Deam and Military Police, officers apprehended the injured suspect right near the hospital where the victim was being treated, booking him for attempted femicide, rape, extortion, and robbery.
09/09/2026 – On Wednesday (9), a 46-year-old man was stabbed in the chest during a jealousy-fueled argument on Morro do Moreno. The altercation began after the victim claimed to the suspect that the suspect’s female partner had been flirting with him, offering mobile phone messages as proof. Enraged, the perpetrator attacked the man with a knife before Military Police officers apprehended the barefoot, injured suspect nearby and rushed the victim to the Hospital for ongoing emergency care.
11/09/2026 – On Friday (11), a 30-year-old man was caught attempting to flee into dense woods and arrested for drug trafficking in Morro da Lagartixa, in the Parque Mambucaba neighborhood. Military Police officers on patrol spotted three individuals who ran upon noticing the patrol but successfully tracked down the suspect carrying two bags filled with illicit narcotics. Police seized cocaine, crack, marijuana, ether, and poppers, transferring the suspect and materials to the 166th Police District.
11/09/2026 – On Friday (11), undercover intelligence officers from the 33rd Military Police Battalion (P2) acted on an anonymous tip to raid Travessa 1º de Maio in Campo Belo, arresting a 26-year-old man for drug trafficking. Officers cornered three suspects on site and seized a backpack containing cocaine, ether, marijuana, crack rocks, poppers, and four mobile phones.
13/09/2026 – On Sunday (13), a 33-year-old man wearing an electronic ankle bracelet robbed a gas station in the Japuíba neighborhood, simulating a firearm under his jacket after his credit card was declined to steal a cell phone and cash from the attendant. Joint Civil (166th DP) and Military Police (33rd BPM) forces tracking the stolen iPhone via iCloud located the suspect at his home in Monsuaba under “Operação Rapina”, arresting him in flagrante and recovering the device. Following his arrest, a second victim identified him at the police station for a previous robbery committed on September 12 at a beverage depot in Verolme, leading authorities to book him for aggravated robbery.
14/09/2026 – On Monday (14), Civil Police from the 166th DP and 33rd BPM officers arrested a 42-year-old man in the Japuíba neighborhood, for his role in the September 9, 2026 homicide of a 42-year-old victim in the area. Surveillance footage and police investigations showed the suspect calling the victim out to his residence before the killing, and officers seized a matching gray jacket inside his home during the raid. Police also questioned and released two teenage witnesses alongside their legal guardians while continuing operations under “Operação Sicário” to recover the murder weapon and locate the primary gunman, who remains at large.
15/09/2026 – On Tuesday (15), a woman with prior drug trafficking convictions was lured and arrested in front of a restaurant in central Angra dos Reis. Joint Civil (166th DP) and Military Police (33rd BPM) forces executed a temporary arrest warrant against her during “Operação Sicário” for her role in a September 9, 2026 homicide in Manguinho. Investigations revealed she helped ambush and deliver the victim to Red Command (CV) hitmen over a loan-sharking PIX debt, marking the second arrest in the case alongside a male co-defendant captured on September 14, while a third gunman remains at large.
19/09/2026 – On Saturday (19), undercover officers from the Military Police Reserved Service (P2) of the 33rd BPM executed an outstanding bench warrant in the Bracuí neighborhood. Acting on intelligence tips, agents approached and arrested a wanted fugitive while he was working inside a local construction supply store. He was booked for narcotics trafficking and transferred to the 166th DP, where he remains held at the disposal of the judiciary.
21/09/2026 – On Monday (21), Military Police officers from the Patrulha Maria da Penha, supported by municipal vessel transport, arrested a 42-year-old man in flagrante at Praia de Matariz, Ilha Grande. The victim, a 50-year-old woman, managed to contact police using her young daughter’s mobile phone while the suspect was briefly away, reporting that she had been locked inside the residence, subjected to physical assault in front of her two young children (ages 6 and 9), and threatened with a knife to prevent escape or seeking assistance. Officers dispatched to the island venue detained the suspect on-site, seized a mobile phone for forensic analysis, and presented the case at the Special Police Station for Assistance to Women (DEAM) / 166th DP, where the aggressor was booked for false imprisonment and death threats under the Maria da Penha Law.
23/09/2026 – On Tuesday (23), Military Police officers from the 33rd BPM arrested a heavily armed faction operative following an intense shootout in the Sapinhatuba 2 neighborhood. Acting on intelligence regarding an armed gathering in Monte Castelo planning territorial expansion, officers encountered the suspect on a staircase; after opening fire at police with an obliterated-serial .40-caliber pistol equipped with an extended magazine and burst-fire conversion mechanism, the suspect fled into a residence before being surrounded and captured with the firearm, 16 rounds of ammunition, and a tactical radio sintonized to local drug traffic frequencies.
TRENDS & ADVICE
- Shootouts remain the main risk facing personnel in Angra dos Reis. Several security operations related to drug trafficking are also registered every week.
- If you find yourself in the immediate vicinity of a shootout:
- lay on the ground and seek a solid cover.
- If you are in your car, the engine block is a good barrier behind which you could seek protection.
- When it is safe to do so, find the nearest building, stay away from any windows, and do not move until the gunfire has clearly ended.
- Pay attention to the sounds of shots when driving through BR-101, which has on its margins many gang-controlled zones.
- Be cautious when in the vicinity of ‘communities’, particularly: Morro da Fortaleza, Parque Belém, Sapinhatuba I, Sapinhatuba II, Sapinhatuba III, Areal, Parque Mambucaba, Japuíba, Frade, Bracuí, Morro do Santo Antônio, and Morro da Glória I and II.
- Avoid stopping on BR-101 roadside, due to cases of robberies, especially in the most isolated areas and after nightfall.
- Be careful when walking downtown as there is a risk of property crimes, thefts, and robberies.
- Attention to scams that may reach you through a WhatsApp message, e-mail, SMS, or a call.
