Gang That Attacked Cametá Lost a Safe and Didn’t Take Anything from a Bank, Says Governor of Pará | by

“The gang was unsuccessful. At the time of the internal incursion, the gang ended up losing the safe and without taking money from the bank branch,” said the governor.

The attack began shortly before midnight on Wednesday (2). At least 10 criminals took to the streets of the city, which is located 235 km from Belém, to assault the agency, which is located in the same building as the town hall.

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The action has characteristics similar to that registered in Criciúma, in the south of Santa Catarina, in the early hours of Tuesday (1), in which a gang also carried out attacks by the municipality in action to rob an agency of Banco do Brasil.

Police found two vehicles used in the escape but, as of the publication of this report, no one had been detained.

“We have to be alert because a gang like this, when doing an operation of this size, costs a lot of money and we have to be alert and alert in the region. The entire security system is on alert, to prevent them from trying a new one. in other municipalities, in other banking units ”, said the governor.

According to information from the State Government, during the flight the criminals left a van with explosives at km 15 of the road that connects Cametá with Tucurí, according to the government. Dynamites were also found at km-40 of BR-422, still in Cametá. Later, at km 80 of the same road, but already in the municipality of Baião, a car was found suspected of having been used in the escape into the Itaperuçu river. Police believe the suspects followed him through the woods from there.

A team from the Scientific Expertise Center will examine the vehicles found to look for fingerprints. Images have also been requested from the security cameras of the nearby surveillance circuits.

• A gang with at least 10 criminals attacked a Banco do Brasil branch in Cametá, 235 km from Belém.
• The action started around midnight and lasted for about an hour and a half.
• The bandits used the inhabitants of the city as a human shield and attacked the 32nd Battalion of the Pará Military Police.
• One of the hostages died.
• Gang used high-caliber weapons and explosives.
• The bandits fled by car and then by boats.
• It is not yet known what he took.
• No one was arrested.

Cametá is one of the 10 largest cities in Pará, with around 136,000 inhabitants, according to IBGE, and is near the island of Marajó, in the north of the state. The bandits left the city by the Transcametá highway and followed the river, according to the PM, the group fled in cars and boats, the city is on the banks of the Tocantins river. There are no prisoners.