RIO DE JANEIRO - Hundreds of military police stormed a slum in northern Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (19/06/2011) morning. Of the area they seized marijuana 32kendaraan and 300 pack.Not a shootout in the operation, said the public security chief Jose Mariano Beltrame Rio, as quoted by news agency Agencia Brasil.
Operations that run contrary to the peace that occurred in November 2010 when at least 35 people were killed in crossfire between police and drug gangs in slums Alemao, Rio de Janeiro. When the government deployed 2600 policemen and soldiers.
Sunday morning operation yesterday involving 750 military police personnel. They supported a number of intelligence agents and Marines, 14 armored cars, and five helicopters.
The area was inhabited by approximately 315,000 residents. In the operation officers issued 55 arrest warrants.
Residents are notified in advance about the operation. According to Beltrame, it is to reduce the risk of violence.
He said he received information that drug traffickers fled the area before surgery. About it, Beltrame said, they will be caught at the right time.
Brazil's economy managed to make inroads in recent years. However, poverty and crime remains a problem, especially in the slums of cities like Rio de Janeiro.
Coastal city that will host the 2016 Olympics and had previously been a football match at the 2014 World Cup.
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