Civil and Military Police prevent attempted execution and arrest four people inside AP

According to the police, among those arrested is a 43-year-old taxi driver, who allegedly supported the logistics of the crime. A 27-year-old man, a 36-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were also arrested.

The incident began after the Civil Police approached a man identified as an executor linked to the criminal faction Comando Vermelho. According to investigations, he was preparing to kill a member of a rival group, but was intercepted before committing the crime.

During the approach, police seized a firearm and ammunition from the suspect. During the action, the police identified that a taxi driver was providing support to the logistics of the execution. He was also arrested red handed.

According to delegate Romie Bradley, Head of the 1st Police Station of Laranjal do Jari, the taxi driver charged R$500 reais to carry out the race and help in the escape, after committing the execution. The cost of a ride in the municipality is R$25. He will also be tried for the same crime as the man suspected of planning the execution.

According to the police, investigations continued after identifying that the person being investigated intended to go to another residence to look for more ammunition. To continue the operation, the Civil Police requested support from the Military Police.

In another property, the teams seized ammunition, drugs and materials used for the preparation and fractionation of narcotics. At the scene, a man and a woman were arrested red-handed.

"Already inside the property, it was possible to identify swallowing material, paraphernalia for drug trafficking, precision scales, already sliced ​​plastic material, that is, all the paraphernalia for drug trafficking, thus initiating a home search. The police were successful, then, in locating approximately 300 g of cocaine ready for drug trafficking inside the bathroom, that is, within this discharge, it was possible to seize this material", he explained.

In total, four people were arrested and illicit materials were seized during the operation. According to the delegate, this action is part of the war between two rival criminal factions for control of the territory.

“Organized crime tried to insert itself in Laranjal do Jari and then this war broke out between the two factions, resulting in numerous violent crimes here in the Vale do Jari region”, he declared.

The delegate reinforced that the three security forces that make up Laranjal do Jari, Civil Police, Military Police and the local Municipal Guard are reinforcing policing in the fight against organized crime in the Vale do Jari region.