Police investigate connection between police officers and criminal faction

Civil police officers carry out, this Tuesday (13), an operation against police officers suspected of favoring criminal activities of the Comando Vermelho faction, in Rio de Janeiro. Public agents are being investigated for evidence that they used their own role to pass on privileged information and to get involved in clandestine negotiations of arms and ammunition.

The investigations, which have the support of the Military Police Internal Affairs and also the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ), began in October 2023, when the Civil Police arrested a military police officer and another man who were transporting 100 kilos of cocaine in the suburbs of the capital of Rio de Janeiro.

Following the arrest, a structure was identified that acted, in a coordinated manner, in the purchase, transport and distribution of large quantities of drugs and weapons to communities controlled by the Red Command.

The investigations also identified people who would provide privileged information about police operations to benefit the group. As of 8:10 am this Tuesday, three people had already been arrested, one in the act and two for serving arrest warrants.

The police are also investigating the death of the military police officer arrested in 2023. He was murdered with several shots, in July this year, when he arrived at the condominium where he lived, in the southwest zone of the capital.