The civil police of Santa Cataria launched this Wednesday morning (8) an operation against the theft of cargo. The action took place in the cities of Itaiópolis and Balneario Pizarras, as well as in Vakaria in Rio Grande do Sul.

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The investigation began with an investigation into the theft of a batch of steel plates worth 160,000 reais, which took place in October 2021.

The truck driver reported that the perpetrators approached him at a gas station on the shore of BR-101 in Araquari and held him hostage all night and the next day in Balneario Pizarras.

Faced with the case, the DEIC (State Criminal Investigation Department) Police Department of Theft and Robbery of Cargo launched an investigation and, after several months of work, identified the gang members responsible for this and other crimes.

The investigations carried out made it possible to establish, in addition to authorship, the cars that belonged to the gang and were used in criminal practice, both for moving robbers and for logistical support for the transportation of goods in the city of Brusca. where the receiver was located.

Deputy Osney Valdir de Oliveira, who is in charge of the investigation, emphasizes that the speed of information exchange between the civil police of the state and the federal traffic police of São Paulo made it possible to solve the crime.

Four arrest warrants and four search and seizure warrants were issued against the suspects. The assailant, who was named leader of the gang, is on the run with two warrants for his arrest on charges of stealing cargo.

According to the information received during the investigation, he was actively involved in this type of crime for more than two decades, especially in São Paulo. Prisoners during the action were sent to the prison system.