Rio Police Recover Part of Stolen Vasco Gear Within 24 Hours

Overview

• The Civil Police, which found the stash Thursday, moved less than a day after a Wednesday robbery on the Linha Amarela expressway.
• Officers traced the load to Morro do Dezoito in Rio’s North Zone, where the boxes were hidden inside the community after agents monitored the route of the stolen truck.
• Specialized units worked together in the raid, with the cargo-theft squad (DRFC-Cap), the weapons and explosives unit (Desarme), and the intellectual-property unit (DRCPIM) each covering their lanes.
• The shipment totaled about 200 boxes valued near R$900,000 and was en route to Vasco’s SAF headquarters in Barra da Tijuca when it was taken, according to a detailed account by Poder360.
• Recovered items were trucked to the Cidade da Polícia in Jacarezinho for counting, with uniforms set for return to the club as investigators seek the thieves and any receivers and report no arrests so far.