Source: Jornal O Globo.

Military police arrested in operation aimed at taking down a “nickel-hunter” gambling machine organization

RIO – A lieutenant-colonel of the Rio state military police (PM), along with other PMs, former PMs and prison guards are the targets of Operation Wild Danger, rolled out this Wednesday morning by GAECO — the  anti-organized crime division of the state judicial police — the state prosecutor and the military police.

As of 9:00 a.m. four PMs, four ex-PMs, two prison guards and six other subjects had been located. The 16 prisoners are accused of taking part in a security scheme for gambling racketeer Fernando Iggnácio. The investigation will execute 26 arrest warrants and 76 search warrants in an attempt to bring down a criminal conspiracy involved in the exploitation of “nickel-hunter” electronic slot machines.

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