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Overview
- Courts authorized preventive arrests for eight alleged PCC “disciplinas,” with six in custody and two fugitives still being sought.
- Investigators say the group used a WhatsApp chat called “QueeBraadAs” to manage territorial control, discuss drug trade issues, and order punishments ranging from threats to bodily harm.
- The Jan. 7 operation, led by the 55th Police District with support from the 8th Sectional, seized multiple phones, a computer, vehicle plates suspected of use in cloning, and a revolver with its serial number removed.
- A 36-year-old man was booked in flagrante for illegal possession of a restricted-use firearm after officers found the altered revolver during searches.
- Data from a phone belonging to a fugitive’s sister points to a possible tie to a December 2025 kidnapping in which criminals used the victim’s banking app, and police are pursuing expanded indictments for drug trafficking, criminal association, and violent offenses ordered via messaging.