04/12/2025 – The notorious drug trafficker ‘MV’ (27), the Comando Vermelho (CV) chief in Morro da Lambicada, was killed in a shootout with Military Police on Thursday night (4), in Morro do Santo Antônio. ‘MV’ was known for terrorizing the community, extorting merchants, and forcing residents to buy certain internet packages. The confrontation occurred as agents were pursuing criminal remnants, following a Civil Police operation earlier that day, when a 15-year-old girl was apprehended.
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06/12/2025 – Civil Police arrested two men, 23 and 42, in Morro da Fortaleza, Angra dos Reis, on Saturday (6), during Operation Arrasto against drug trafficking. Undercover agents discovered the drug sales point operating like a “fair”, with various drugs openly displayed on a table for “customers”. The police arrested the two “sellers” in the act and seized large quantities of marijuana, crack, hashish, and cocaine. The men were charged with drug trafficking and association for trafficking.
07/12/2025 – A 20-year-old woman suffered severe burns (80% of her body) in Parque Mambucaba on Sunday morning (7), after her partner set her on fire. The victim told police the man threw alcohol on her, contradicting his claim of an accident, and the attack allegedly occurred in front of his 9-year-old daughter. The partner was arrested in the act for attempted femicide.
07/12/2025 – Civil Police in Angra dos Reis solved the disappearance and murder of two cousins from Bahia on Sunday (7), arresting one suspect. The victims, shipyard workers, were allegedly killed by the Comando Vermelho (CV) drug faction chief, ‘MV’, over suspected drug theft in Morro da Lambicada, on November 30. The arrested suspect led police to the bodies, found buried under concrete in a shallow grave. The main perpetrator (‘MV’) was killed in a confrontation with the Military Police on December 4.
09/12/2025 – A man was arrested in flagrante delicto for attempted homicide on Tuesday (9), in Praia do Anil. He was detained after invading a residence and threatening Civil Police officers with a knife. The suspect, who was out on parole after being charged with a double homicide by stabbing in February 2025, had been recognized and assaulted by locals moments earlier. The man resisted arrest by attempting to strike the police with the knife before eventually surrendering.
09/12/2025 – A Civil Police operation, “Operation KIRA,” resulted in the arrest of a man and the seizure of 134 cocaine capsules in the Bracuí community of Angra dos Reis on Tuesday afternoon (9). The suspect was one of three individuals who attempted to flee when approached by police near a drug sales point (Rua das Acácias with Rua Jasmin). The sniffer dog, KIRA, played a decisive role in locating 26 capsules of the narcotics hidden nearby.
