Former TV presenter arrested for drug trafficking on the SP coast

In addition to the journalist, other suspects were targeted by the civil police’s Operation Iron Dome I

Journalist and former TV host Marcelo Carrião was arrested for drug trafficking during Operation Iron Dome I, conducted by the Civil Police in Baixada Santista, on the coast of São Paulo. The arrest took place this Wednesday, the 28th, in Santos. Seven suspects were arrested together with the journalist.

According to the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP), field work led to the arrest of seven men, aged between 19 and 51, responsible for drug trafficking in the region using the “drug on disk” mode.

The criminal group was discovered after the arrest of two women days earlier. Through them, investigators identified a “disk drug” business operating in the Gonzaga neighborhood of Santos. In total, police executed nine search and seizure warrants in Santos and São Vicente.

Police seized more than 4,000 portions of drugs including marijuana, hashish, skunk and LSD. Police also seized a 9mm pistol and several cell phones.

Marcelo Carriao

According to program information General balance, from Record TV, Carrião would be the gang’s drug supplier. The Civil Police found three greenhouses with marijuana plantations in a house on Rua Joaquim Nabuco, in the Vila Matias neighborhood, in Santos.

According to the investigation, he was known by the nickname “Vovozinho” among drug traffickers.

Marcelo Carrião’s defense could not be found to take a position on the case. The space remains open.

The Osasco journalist graduated from the Catholic University of Santos in 1995. He worked as a reporter for TV Mar, affiliated with TV Manchete, between 1993 and 2005. At Rede Record, he worked as a reporter between 2005 and 2011 His last job as a journalist presented a news program on SBT, but he left the position 4 years ago.

Operation Iron Dome I

Civil police officers launched this Wednesday (28) Operation Domo de Ferro I, carried out within the framework of Operation Verão with the aim of intercepting the supply of drugs to Baixada Santista.

The operation was supported by teams from the Specialized Criminal Investigation Division of Deinter 6, the Police Intelligence Department (DIPOL), the 1st DIG DEIC of Deinter 6, the 2nd Regional Narcotics Police Station, the 3rd Police Station of homicide and the GOE.

The people involved were arrested and taken to the Deinter 6 DIG and 2nd Narcotics Police Station, where the case was registered as drug trafficking, criminal conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms.

Source: Terra

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