Last Monday (17), the Civil Police launched ‘Operation Sentinel’ against the logistical and financial core of a criminal organization linked to drug trafficking in Rio Grande do Sul.
In all, 70 agents carried out 29 precautionary measures, including seven bank account blocking, seven vehicle seizure orders and other warrants. According to the investigation, the group moved around R$3 million in illicit operations. At this stage, ten people were arrested and three vehicles, drugs and cell phones were seized.
The police point out that the group was active in money laundering through vehicle purchases and the insertion of illegal resources into the financial system. Investigators also identified that the suspects planned attacks against state authorities.
The targets of this phase are managers of the criminal organization based in Vale dos Sinos, with links to state leaders arrested in 2019 in Operation Borgata — when more than R$10 million in goods and valuables were blocked in RS and Santa Catarina.
Those investigated are responsible for money laundering, criminal organization and coercion during the process.
According to delegate Alencar Carraro, director of investigations, this second phase of the operation is important as it affects operators at the highest level of drug trafficking in Rio Grande do Sul.
