Seven people were convicted of involvement in Acquisition of more than 100 weapons in Brasilia which were destined to supply a criminal group from the Bahian state known as the Bonde do Maluco (BDM).
According to the investigation, carried out under Operation Illusion, the faction established an illegal weaponry purchase channel in a store in the federal capital. Using intermediaries, criminals have acquired a vast arsenal, including pistols, revolvers and even large -caliber weapons.
“The weapons were sent by the road in Comboios,” said Oo Delegate Tiago Carvalho, head of the Federal District Coordination of Heritage Crimes (Corpatri).
Also according to investigations, the values involved in the scheme depends on negotiations and quantitative weapons, but police oblivated by the police, at the time, pointed out that purchases had already exceeded about $ 1 million.
Part of the shipment would arrive to combat the Red Command (CV), which has the BDM as rival in the state.
Investigations began after communication of possible theft at a store specializing in the sale of firearms in the DF. In one of the shipments, the material was intercepted during the police operation.
Also according to what was determined by the report of CNN, one of the prisoners was responsible for intermediating the sale of weapons to provide the BDM. The other suspect, a store official, was in charge of transporting 100 weapons to Bahia. Arsenal was registered as stolen by the owner of an establishment.
The scam was discovered. The store owner was arrested for communication of false crime after claiming that thieves entered the store by a hole in the wall of a building and took the weapons.
In the initial investigation of the alleged theft, four people were arrested. The first was a woman, who rented the property that has wall side by side with the store. She used a fake name to rent the space to set up a false establishment, when, in fact, the goal was to access the gun safe. In testimony, she said she was attracted to another suspect, who was also arrested. This one, he said he was hired by a robber with an extensive criminal record, which included several bank robberies.
The other involved in the scam is the intellectual author of the invasion. At the time, he claimed that there were no weapons inside the vault, so there was no theft. Given the inconsistency of the facts, police found that the store was linked to various tax crimes.
Investigated will be responsible for crimes of falsification of documents, use of fake documents, qualified theft, illegal trade of firearms and criminal association. Predicted penalties range from 1 to 12 years in prison.
This content was originally published in Bahia’s faction scheme bought more than 100 weapons in Brasilia on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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