Police carry out operation against suspected faction of attacks in Rio Grande do Norte

The Civil and Military Police of Rio Grande do Norte fulfill, this Monday morning (27), arrest warrants and search and seizure against the criminal faction suspected of promoting attacks against public and private property in Rio Grande do Norte for almost two weeks .

According to the state government, the actions take place simultaneously in the capital, Natal, the metropolitan region and municipalities in other regions of the state.

In addition to this week’s operation, another 14 people were arrested between Thursday (23) and Saturday (25) during Operation Cratos, carried out in municipalities in the interior of the state. Among those arrested were four fugitives from justice.

Since the beginning of the attacks in Rio Grande do Norte, on the 13th, the authorities have already arrested 206 suspects of participation in the attacks, and seized 44 firearms, 149 explosive devices, 34 gallons of fuel, among other items. In all, there were 307 occurrences confirmed by the police.

Prisoners in PE participated in attacks in RN

Two other people were arrested in Pernambuco, last Friday (24), suspected of participating in attacks on public and private property in Rio Grande do Norte. According to the Federal Police, the men were hiding in Recife and confessed to participating in a homicide in the Potiguar city of Nísia Floresta.

According to a statement, the death would have occurred in revenge for the murder of a relative ordered by faction leaders. Those detained in the operation underwent forensic examinations at the Legal Medical Institute and went to the Everardo Luna Triage Center (Cotel), in Abreu e Lima, in the metropolitan region of Recife.