Commander of courthouse invasion in Rio identified.

Rio247 - The head of the Homicide Division (DH), Rivaldo Barbosa, has already identified the criminal responsible for the attempted rescue of two prisoners from the Bangu Forum, located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. According to investigations, the drug trafficker Leandro Nunes Botelho, known as Scooby Doo, appears in images from the Forum leading a group of ten armed men. The Crime Stoppers hotline has launched a poster offering a reward of R$ 5 for information that could lead to the arrest of the trafficker. The attempted invasion of the forum, on Thursday night (30), left two dead – an eight-year-old boy and a military police officer.

"We are investigating the case and we will solve it. These criminals represent evil and we represent good. And good always triumphs over evil," declared the police chief. The information is from Globo. According to the police, Scooby Doo was responsible for commanding drug trafficking in Morro dos Macacos, in Vila Isabel, North Zone of Rio. The invaders of the courthouse aimed to rescue the drug traffickers Alexandre de Melo, nicknamed Piolho, and Vanderlan Ramos da Silva, nicknamed Chocolate. 

As a result of the attempted invasion of the courthouse, police reinforced security in communities in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Nine people have already been arrested. With four who tried to escape, police found 3.273 packets of cocaine, 2.286 rocks of crack cocaine, two pistol magazines, and 39 rounds of ammunition.

While the Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) occupies Vila Vintém, the Military Police provides security in seven communities: Selvinha, Comunidade da Rua I, Batanzinho, Curral das Éguas, 77, and Minha Deusa. In Vila Vintém, the police seized 46 packets of marijuana, 53 sachets of cocaine, a .380 pistol, R$ 205 in cash, and a radio transmitter.