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Municipal guards arrest man for stealing electricity cable at BRT Tanque station
Published on 21/09/2020 - 08:41 | Updated
The team was patrolling the neighborhood when they spotted the crime. Municipal guards from the 7th Inspectorate (Praça Seca) arrested a man in flagrante delicto on the afternoon of this Sunday, the 20th, for stealing an electricity cable at the BRT Tanque station, in the West Zone of Rio.
While patrolling Rua Cândido Benício at around 16 pm, municipal guards Victor Hugo Franklin, Paulo César Ribeiro and Luciano Rodrigues Pimenta caught three men winding up around 15 meters of wiring inside the station.
When the officers were notified, two men fled towards the Renascer community. The third tried to escape, but was caught and detained by the guards, and taken to the 32nd DP (Tanque), where the incident was registered. The police station found that he had previous convictions for theft and drug trafficking.
The Municipal Guard has already registered more than 30 incidents at BRT stations with arrests for crimes such as theft, robbery, sexual harassment and damage to public property, in addition to providing various types of assistance to the public.
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