Brazil Police Confront Deadly Robberies, Hit-and-Runs and a 308-Kg Marijuana Seizure

Overview

• In Salvador, investigators reclassified a motorcyclist’s death as robbery followed by death and arrested 19-year-old Adriel de Jesus Alves after he admitted the motorcycle tied to the crime was his.
• In São Paulo, a woman died when her bike hit a barrier during a robbery attempt on the Marginal Pinheiros, and police are searching for two suspects who fled on another motorcycle toward Paraisópolis.
• On the SP-225 in Pederneiras, a car struck two motorcycles from behind and killed four young riders, and police are working to identify the driver who abandoned the vehicle and ran away.
• A road operation on the SP-294 in Pacaembu found 358 bricks of marijuana weighing about 308.48 kg in a stolen car with fake plates, and officers detained a couple after locating the driver hours later.
• Other actions and attacks included a municipal guard chase in Parauapebas that ended with a trafficking arrest and two teens injured, and a drive-by shooting at a Belo Horizonte bar that left two men dead.