Municipal guards from the Citizenship Rescue and Zero Waste Unit arrested a 38-year-old man on the morning of Monday, the 28th, armed with a loaded . 38 caliber revolver at the Taquara BRT station, in the West Zone of Rio. The guards were monitoring evasion of fare payment on the BRT system when they saw the man enter the station without paying the fare.
During the approach, he refused to provide his CPF number, a document required to be fined R$170 for accessing the station without paying the BRT fare. With him, the guards found the loaded firearm with the serial number filed off. According to the guards, the man still tried to flee, but was detained and taken to the 32nd Police Precinct (Taquara), where the case was registered as illegal possession of weapons. The police station also found that he had other criminal records.
Inspections on the BRT are carried out based on Law No. 6.299 of December 3, 2017, which establishes penalties for BRT users who do not pay the fare when using the service. The fines provided for are R$170,00 (one hundred and seventy reais) and R$255,00 (fine plus 50%) in the case of repeat offenses.
