16/09/2026- On Wednesday (16), around 18:00, an armed robbery attempt occurred on Professor Manoel de Abreu Avenue near Maracanã, North Zone, targeting a 43-year-old vascular surgeon driving an armored vehicle. Attackers deployed a side-mirror ruse where an initial motorcycle bumped the driver’s side mirror to prompt the victim to lower his window before two accomplices on a second motorcycle ambushed him to demand his wallet and phone; when the victim dropped his phone inside the cabin, one of the assailants opened fire, shattering the surgeon’s left humerus. The wounded driver drove himself to a South Zone hospital for emergency reconstructive surgery, while Civil Police detectives at the 12th DP (Copacabana) initiated video forensic canvassing to identify the fled suspects.
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17/09/2026 – On Thursday (17), Civil Police officers from the 6th DP (Cidade Nova), supported by Federal Police, arrested a Pure Third Command (TCP) operative at Galeão International Airport upon his disembarkation from a flight originating in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Operating out of the Complexo do São Carlos in Central Rio, the suspect led a network specializing in receiving stolen iPhones from South Zone muggings, hacking into personal bank accounts to execute fraudulent financial transfers, and reselling the devices to fund TCP narcotics trafficking. Authorities executed a preventive arrest warrant for criminal association and receiving stolen goods following intelligence monitoring of his social media posts showcasing luxury vehicles and designer purchases in Dubai.
20/09/2026 – On Saturday (20), off-duty Military Police Sergeant Wallace da Silva Oliveira, 38, assigned to the 15th BPM (Duque de Caxias), was shot dead on Frei Martinho Street in Vargem Grande, West Zone. Preliminary reports indicate the officer became involved in an altercation near Ninho do Urubu with an individual identified by residents as an extortion collector for the local militia operating in the Taboinha community. After the sergeant drew his firearm and shot the suspected militia member during the argument, an armed accomplice returned fire, striking the officer multiple times and killing him at the scene; accomplices evacuated the wounded suspect and fled before police units arrived, prompting the Capital Homicide Bureau (DHC) to open an investigation to track down the paramilitary faction members involved.
20/09/2026 – On Sunday (20), a helmeted motorcyclist robbed three teenagers in just 25 seconds on Abaçaí Street in Oswaldo Cruz, North Zone. Security camera footage captured the suspect approaching a group of six adolescents returning from a party at 22:46, falsely claiming to be an app driver before announcing a robbery and stealing three mobile phones. Detectives at the 30th DP (Marechal Hermes) are analyzing the video footage to identify the suspect for major robbery, while public safety statistics from the Public Security Institute (ISP) highlight a 19.8% reduction in mobile phone robberies across the municipality of Rio de Janeiro during the first eight months of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.
21/09/2026 – On Monday (21), Military Police recruits from the Soldier Formation and Improvement Center (CFAP) aboard a transport bus were caught in intense gunfire along Avenida Brasil near Cidade Alta, North Zone. Escort officers and recruits took cover on the roadside during an active shootout triggered by a police operation inside the Pure Third Command (TCP)-controlled Complexo de Israel, holding positions until the shooting ceased before resuming transit to practical training at the Special Operations Command (COE); no injuries were reported.
21/09/2026 – On Monday (21), the State Secretariat of Penitentiary Administration (Seppen) announced the 50-day cumulative results of “Operação Illicitus”, an ongoing sweep targeting illicit communications and contraband across Rio de Janeiro correctional facilities. Integrated intelligence, operational units, and internal affairs agents seized 1,000 mobile phones, over 20 kilograms of narcotics, chargers, modems, routers, and a Starlink satellite antenna hidden inside concrete bunk beds and wall cavities. Authorities arrested 12 visitors attempting to smuggle contraband and caught two correctional officers facilitating illicit access, directly disrupting communication networks utilized by imprisoned faction leaders.
21/09/2026 – On Monday (21), Civil Police officers from the Capital Cargo Theft and Robbery Division (DRFC-CAP) executed search warrants in Parada de Lucas, Cordovil (Complexo de Israel), and Barra da Tijuca, targeting a Pure Third Command (TCP) cargo theft ring. The network is linked to four armed hijackings that caused over R$ 2 million in commercial losses and involved the systematic removal of over 40 truck tires and wheels, utilizing heavy machinery, backhoes, and forced transshipment into TCP strongholds like Maré, Chapadão, and Complexo de Israel. Armed clashes occurred in Vigário Geral during the operation, briefly closing Avenida Brasil, while DRFC detectives apprehended a minor involved in the thefts and identified transport vehicles and commercial establishments engaged in receiving stolen goods.
22/09/2026 – On Tuesday (22), Federal Police officers executed three Supreme Court (STF)-issued search and seizure warrants across Barra da Tijuca, Recreio dos Bandeirantes, and the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Chamber as part of Phase 7 of Operação Unha e Carne (under the “Missão Redentor II” task force). During the raid at his residence, agents arrested Rio City Councilor and retired Military Police officer Jorge Eduardo Barreto de Andrade Filho (known as “Jorge Canella”) in flagrante after seizing two military rifles and a submachine gun held without legal authorization. Transported to the PF Regional Superintendency, Canella was booked for illegal possession of restricted-use firearms, following prior phase investigations into gas station money laundering networks moving over R$ 7.6 billion across Rio de Janeiro.
22/09/2026 – On Tuesday (22), the Civil Police Internal Affairs Division (Cgpol) and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) launched “Operação Ícarus” across Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Alagoas, arresting eight key operatives (including primary target Boss in Maceió and two Military Police officers providing armed security) and filing charges against 15 members of an interstate Red Command (CV) drug trafficking and money laundering ring that moved over R$ 70.4 million. Initiated after authorities seized ledger spreadsheets from imprisoned faction leader My Thor at the Catanduvas Federal Penitentiary (Paraná), the investigation dismantled a network utilizing commercial transport logistics firms to supply tons of cocaine and cannabis from São Paulo to Rio, while an implicated Civil Police officer managed the financial core and negotiated wholesale supplier contacts.
22/09/2026 – On Tuesday (22), a group of foreign tourists was targeted in an armed robbery attempt on Dias de Barros Street in Santa Teresa, Central Rio. Security camera footage captured two assailants arriving on a motorcycle, one of whom dismounted to confront the pedestrians; the tourists reacted, tackling and attempting to immobilize the perpetrator on the pavement. During the physical altercation, the second assailant returned and discharged a firearm at close range near one victim’s head, enabling both suspects to flee with a stolen watch while leaving behind a helmet and a mobile phone. A German tourist sustained injuries during the fall (initially misreported by Military Police as a graze gunshot wound) and received medical attention at a local health facility, while the Tourist Support Police Station (DEAT) seized the left-behind evidence to identify the fleeing perpetrators for major robbery.
23/09/2026 – On Wednesday (23), civil police officers from the 38th DP (Brás de Pina), with support from São Paulo Civil Police and Rio’s Municipal Secretariat of Public Order (SEOP), launched “Operação Caminhos do Cobre”, executing 19 search and seizure warrants across Rio de Janeiro (Santa Cruz, Bangu, Magalhães Bastos) and São Paulo. The cross-state investigation targets an organized crime group that buys stolen telecommunications and power copper cables from scrap yards in Rio, burns them to conceal company markings, and transports them via trucks to São Paulo for illicit resale and financial integration. Agents seized cell phones, tablets, storage devices, five vehicles (including four luxury cars), and financial ledgers as part of an investigation into qualified handling of stolen goods, qualified theft, criminal association, and money laundering.
23/09/2026 – A 12-year-old girl escaped her family home in Vigário Geral, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and sought help from a patrolling Military Police officer, reporting systematic statutory rape committed inside the residence by her grandmother’s partner and her maternal uncle. Following forensic medical examinations and specialized protective placement of the victim, Civil Police detectives from the 24th DP (Piedade) tracked and arrested both suspects on Wednesday (23), executing temporary arrest warrants.
23/09/2026 – A 46-year-old salon owner, Elaine Ferreira Ourique Mattos, was murdered in a domestic femicide inside her Maria Joaquina Street home in Pavuna, North Zone, on Wednesday (23). Responding firefighters discovered her partially charred body with facial trauma on a sofa alongside a deformed bullet casing on the kitchen floor, exposing an attempted arson staged to conceal the crime. On the morning of the murder, the victim’s 34-year-old partner transferred R$ 3,400 from her business account to his personal bank profile and hid her mobile phone in his vehicle, continuing a pattern of coercive control, tracking, and family isolation documented by witness statements. Detectives from the Capital Homicide Division (DHC) arrested the 34-year-old suspect on Thursday (23), executing a temporary arrest warrant.
23/09/2026 – On Wednesday (23), Civil Police detectives from the 9th DP (Catete) dismantled a card-swapping taxi fraud ring operating in the South Zone, arresting three suspects from São Paulo in flagrante. Using a disguised taxicab equipped with interchangeable license plates, the group targeted elderly passengers and tourists by refusing cash or Pix, forcing card payments through modified card readers that captured personal PINs via mobile software before covertly swapping genuine bank cards with ones taken from previous victims. Assisted by the Civitas surveillance system, officers intercepted the taxicab near Largo do Machado in Catete and subsequently raided the group’s temporary hideout in Santo Cristo, seizing 85 stolen bank cards, 10 POS card terminals, five vehicle license plates, and the taxicab used in the operation; all three individuals were booked for fraud, qualified theft, and criminal association.
24/09/2026 – On Thursday (24), Civil Police officers executing “Operação Captura” arrested a 53-year-old man at a relative’s residence in Barra da Tijuca, Southwest Zone. The convict was serving a six-year prison sentence for attempted homicide following a 2021 incident in Itanhangá, where he retrieved a revolver and shot a guest attending a neighboring party after a dispute over street parking and noise levels. The Judicial Branch issued a bench warrant revoking his provisional release after he breached mandatory court-ordered compliance conditions, returning him to custody to serve his sentence.
24/09/2026 – On Wednesday (24), Civil Police officers designated former Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman and businesswoman Veronica Costa (PL) a fugitive from justice after failed attempts to execute a bench warrant across several addresses in the West Zone. During a raid on her Recreio dos Bandeirantes apartment, detectives found the residence empty except for two abandoned dogs left behind during her flight. The arrest warrant follows the exhaustion of appeals before the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) and the Supreme Federal Court (STF), finalizing her 10-year prison sentence in initial closed regime for torture and false imprisonment against her former husband, Márcio Costa, alongside four co-defendant family members who also remain unapprehended.
