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Brazil crackdown on firearms and drugs

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Brazil illegal crackdown on firearms seizures and drugs

The multi‑state crackdown on illicit firearms in Brazil continued through late July 2026. Building on the Following July 20 wave of arrests in Maringá, Dianópolis, Andradina, Botucatu and Guaíra, police carried out further high‑profile operations on July 26. In 26, including a joint “Operação Espelhada” with Bolivian forces on the Acre border, two Bolivian nationals were detained while transporting 1 kg of marijuana, and a motorcycle was seized. In arrests in São Paulo, a cattle‑theft suspect was arrested with a shotgun, ammunition Alagoas and a cellphone after stealing 16 head of cattle worth roughly R$ 58,400. Alagoas’s “Operação Protetor de Divisas” confiscated a Glock 22 with 45 rounds Paraná, and a Taurus .380 with 19 rounds, along with notebooks and smartphones. Paraná police executed arrest warrants in Apucarana, Califórnia and São Pedro do Ivaí, detaining individuals linked to drug trafficking and digital fraud. The Federal Police shut down shutdown of an illegal gold‑mining site in Jacareacanga, Pará, seizing a hydraulic excavator, two shotguns, a truck and mercury, and arresting two men. Additional as well as actions in Rio Branco, Mato Grosso do Sul and Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão airport resulted airport. Later that week, raids uncovered massive drug caches. In Manaus, a luxury condominium raid seized about 840 kg of cocaine, marijuana and other substances, adding to a prior 160 kg haul for a total near one ton; five suspects were arrested and a police investigator was killed. In Mato Grosso do Sul, a helicopter over Anhanduí was found carrying 345.8 kg of cocaine worth roughly R$ 31.9 million, leading to the pilots’ arrests. Federal agents in further arrests, weapon seizures the Pthisis operation seized 88.5 kg of cocaine, firearms, cash and other assets across five cities in three states. A road‑patrol stop in Bela Vista de Minas uncovered eight cocaine tablets (≈ 7.8 kg) hidden in a vehicle, resulting in the confiscation driver’s arrest. State police in Piauí intercepted small quantities of illicit drugs crack and medication. marijuana on Ilha Grande, while a joint team in Itaperuna confiscated a 9 mm carbine, two grenades, 100 rounds of ammunition and large amounts of crack, cocaine, marijuana and ICE, though no suspects were located. These actions expand the coordinated raids reinforce a nationwide effort—spanning firearms, drug effort to dismantle organized crime networks that combine firearms trafficking, illegal mining drug smuggling and organized crime—to dismantle other illicit weapon holdings and related criminal networks activities across Brazil and its border with Bolivia. Brazil.

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  1. 2026-07-28 10:01 UTC Brazil crackdown on firearms and drugs
  2. 2026-07-27 15:05 UTC Brazil illegal firearms seizures
  3. 2026-07-27 02:22 UTC Brazil illegal firearms seizures
  4. 2026-07-26 17:37 UTC Brazil illegal firearms seizures

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