Seven days after the beginning of the wave of attacks of trafficking in Rio, police and armed forces personnel began on the morning of Sunday, the German invasion of the complex. The first group of police came at 8am, and just over 15 minutes, occupied the area known as Areal, called by the police of "heart" for all favelas. "The state is within the Complex German," he said just now, the police chief Rodrigo Oliveira, who led the group that took the Areal.
The commander of the Police Special Operations Battalion (BOPE), Military Police, said the deadline for renditions over. "We will go full force to settle once," said Col. Paul Henry.
The Areal was taken by the Civil Police. The mission of Bope, according to Paul Henry, is to resume the high points of the complex and strategic, including the Stone Toad and MorrĂ£o Fazendinha. For the police and residents of the region, these bunkers are historical traffickers, known as places of execution, and until then impenetrable.
As occurred in Vila Cruzeiro, the robbers beat a retreat and abandon drugs. Police asks residents to seize the moment to expose hiding places and escape routes.
Rifles - Twelve rifles were seized at around 8:30 am. According to PM, are weapons that have been abandoned by smugglers. Analysis of command operation is part of the bandits who are giving up and trying to escape from the reaction without the heavier weapons.