26/06/2026 – On Friday (26), tactical units from the 33rd Military Police Battalion executed a successful sting operation in the Casinhas do Bracuí community, capturing a 19-year-old cartel sentry and seizing an automatic military rifle. Following a 40-minute stakeout at a Red Command open-air drug point, officers launched a foot pursuit that trapped the armed teenager inside a derelict safehouse along a dirt road. Police recovered an American-made Ruger AR-556 assault rifle with 15 live rounds, alongside nearly two kilograms of packaged cocaine, marijuana, and crack. This high-caliber asset seizure represents the second battlefield-grade rifle confiscated by the battalion in a single week, following the recovery of a German Heckler & Koch HK416 in the city’s central district on June 18.
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29/06/2026 – On Monday (29), Military Police units dismantled a holiday-hub drug cell by arresting two 20-year-old dealers inside a campsite in Vila do Abraão, on Ilha Grande. Officers from the 33rd Battalion executed a tight tactical cordon around the campsite on Rua Getúlio Vargas, cutting off an immediate escape attempt after one suspect tried to visually signal his partner to flee. A personal search of the suspects uncovered thirteen plastic bags of cocaine and a portion of hashish, while a subsequent raid inside their living tent yielded two bricks of marijuana weighing 109 grams along with a detailed financial ledger tracking the ring’s illegal sales.
29/06/2026 – On Monday (29), tactical units Military Police intercepted a major drug supply line in the Campo Belo neighborhood, arresting a 42-year-old man and seizing over 3 kilograms of multi-substance narcotics. The pursuit began on Avenida Bougainville, a known Red Command stronghold, when two lookouts dumped a supply bag on a staircase and fled toward a forest corridor, leading to a foot chase that ended with the target captured on Rua dos Suspiros. A dynamic inventory of the suspect’s pockets and the abandoned cargo bag yielded 1.7 kilograms of cocaine, 1.5 kilograms of marijuana, loose doses of crack, skunk, and “ice” hashish, along with poppers inhalants and tactical radio accessories.
29/06/2026 – On Monday (29), Military Police units arrested a 34-year-old licensed sport shooter on charges of domestic violence and illegal ammunition possession in the Camorim neighborhood. The victim, displaying visible scratches and trauma, denounced her partner to a 33rd Battalion patrol and authorized a search of their home, where officers uncovered a safe containing two pistols, four magazines, 81 rounds of 9mm ammunition, and 15 unauthorized .38 caliber rounds. After searching for the suspect at his workplace in Japuíba, police arrested him directly at the precinct station, where he had traveled to record a deceptive counter-statement.
30/06/2026 – On Tuesday (30), Military Police units executed a successful narcotics raid in the Campo Belo neighborhood, arresting a 37-year-old man and seizing 2.5 kilograms of marijuana. The tactical response began when a witness flagged down a patrol unit in the nearby Promorar area, disclosing that a dealer on Rua Doze de Outubro was using a public pile of construction sand to hide his bulk supply. Officers rushed to the scene and caught the suspect red-handed as he dug into the sand mound, subsequently unearthing a hidden bag containing 64 compressed bricks of marijuana weighing a total of 2.452 kilograms.
