Mato Grosso police conduct multiple operations against organized crime

The Mato Grosso Civil Police have launched several operations targeting organized crime, financial assets, and various criminal activities across the state.

In Operação Ad Rem, authorities targeted the financial infrastructure of a criminal faction, resulting in the seizure of five properties in Várzea Grande and the Rio dos Peixes region. The operation also included a preventive arrest of an individual identified as a financial manager for the group, who is accused of managing drug stocks and distribution.

Other recent law enforcement actions include:

• Operação Factio Deleta: Targeted a criminal faction in Porto dos Gaúchos and surrounding areas, resulting in three arrests for crimes including drug trafficking, extortion, and illegal possession of firearms.

• Operação Armadilha: Focused on a group specializing in ambushing delivery drivers and merchants through false commercial negotiations in the Cuiabá metropolitan area.

• Operação Circuito Fechado: Addressed electricity theft in Várzea Grande, identifying illegal connections at various commercial sites and resulting in six individuals being taken to the police station.

Additionally, police in Rondonópolis arrested two men wanted in Goiás for sexual crimes involving vulnerable victims, and an investigation was launched by the Regional Medical Council (CRM-MT) regarding a doctor indicted for causing serious bodily injury during plastic surgeries in Barra do Garças.