Rio de Janeiro Police

Police of Rio de Janeiro, said on Sunday that took control of the largest stronghold of the dr*g mafia. In a special operation involved two and a half thousand soldiers and army special forces commandoes. From the air their support helicopters on the ground – tanks.
According to the Brazilian intelligence agencies, took refuge in the slums of several hundred armed dr*g traffickers. On the eve of the bandits asked to surrender and lay down their arms – but the reaction to the ultimatum of the authorities did not follow. At night, the assault began, which lasted two hours. By the morning of the operation was completed.