14/02/2025 – A joint operation between the Military Police and the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro resulted in the seizure of R$1 million worth of drugs on Friday (14/02). Acting on intelligence, the authorities intercepted a vehicle transporting 70.5kg of drugs from the Complexo do Alemão to Búzios. Four individuals were arrested.
This Content Is Only For Subscribers
To unlock this content, subscribe to INTERLIRA Reports.
14/02/2025 – Targeted by two armed criminals on a motorcycle, a police chief was attacked during an attempted robbery on Rua das Acácias, in Gávea, South Zone, on Friday night (14/02). He returned fire in response. One criminal was shot, while the other managed to escape.
15/02/2025 – Three robberies occurred on Rua Rogério Karp, in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, West Zone, within eight hours on Saturday (15/02). The first incident involved four young people who were robbed by four men on motorcycles. The robbers stole their cell phones and other belongings. Eight hours later, another robbery occurred on the same street, where a man was robbed of his necklace. Five minutes later, another man was robbed while walking with his wife.
17/02/2025 – On Monday morning (17/02), a retired military police officer was shot and killed while driving on Avenida das Américas in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone. The 58-year-old victim was approached by criminals on motorcycles who opened fire on his vehicle. The shooters fled the scene.
17/02/2025 – On Monday (17/02), Sergeant Bruno Matias Manhães, 45, was shot and killed in his car on Rua Barão de Capanema, near the Bangu shopping center, in Bangu, West Zone. The shots were concentrated on the car’s door handle, suggesting it was armored. The sergeant was assigned to the Highway Patrol Battalion (BPVE).
17/02/2025 – On Monday night (17/02), a 27-year-old man was shot and killed during a robbery in Copacabana, South Zone. The victim chased after the three men who had just stolen a friend’s motorcycle and belongings. One of the criminals shot on Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, killing the man instantly. The criminals fled with the victim’s friend’s motorcycle.
18/02/2025 – On Tuesday (18/02), Anderson Camilo Fortunato, a former drug lord from the Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo favelas, was the victim of an attempted murder. While working as a cab driver on Rua Coelho Cintra in Copacabana, South Zone, he was hit by several bullets. The police are investigating the incident.
18/02/2025 – On Tuesday (18/02), a large-scale police operation in Rio de Janeiro led to the arrest of 37 individuals involved in an organized crime group specializing in cell phone theft and extortion. The criminal group would steal phones and then extort victims for unlock codes, using phishing techniques and threats.
18/02/2025 – On Tuesday (18/02), a sanitation worker and his 8-year-old son were hit by stray bullets during a shootout between military police and drug traffickers near the Costa Barros station, in Costa Barros, North Zone. The police reported that they were patrolling the area when they were attacked by gunfire from suspects and returned fire. An officer was injured.
19/02/2025 – A man was shot by military police within the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UniRio) campus in Urca, Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday (19/02). Police were called to the scene in response to a report of a man assaulting his ex-partner. During the intervention, the man allegedly attempted to take a police officer’s weapon and was shot.
20/02/2025 – On Thursday (20/02), Operation Petrus by the Civil Police of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro targeted a Red Command (CV) network accused of laundering R$ 80 million from drug trafficking over two years. Four suspects were arrested in the Mandela favela, in Benfica, North Zone, where they used businesses and shops as fronts to conceal the money, and where a bunker under construction was discovered. The operation, carried out in eight states and 14 cities across Brazil, resulted in 47 arrests and the execution of over 100 search warrants.
21/02/2025 – On Friday (21/02), a suspect involved in the death of Navy doctor Gisele Mendes was shot dead by the Bope in the Complexo do Lins, in the Lins de Vasconcelos neighborhood, North Zone. A fugitive since 2021, he was considered the local drug lord. Another man, suspected of drug trafficking and theft, was arrested. Gisele Mendes was killed on 10 December 2024, by a stray bullet at the Naval Hospital Marcílio Dias.
21/02/2025 – On Friday (21/02), a resident of Complexo da Penha, North Zone, was shot, and two police officers were injured by shrapnel during Military Police operations against criminals in Penha, Juramentinho, and Juramento. Two stolen vehicles were recovered, and drugs were seized.
