All in the family: Rio de Janeiro police raid home and arrest 12-year-old who took over drug dealing operation, dealing crack, cocaine and weed after both of his parents were arrested
- The Rio de Janeiro military police took a 12-year-old boy into custody for drug dealing
- The child was arrested at his home while his parents were also under arrest for selling drugs
- Authorities recovered a stash of marijuana, cocaine and crack along with a gun from the residence
A 12-year-old apparently didn’t wait too long to follow in the footsteps of his parents and allegedly take over the family drug trade business while they were looked up behind bars in Brazil.
Military police agents took the boy into custody after raiding their downtown Rio de Janeiro home Wednesday.
Footage released by 5th precinct showed a police officer sitting inside a makeshift closet built under the ceiling of the home and dropping multiple plastic bags filled with narcotics.
A 12-year-old boy is questioned at a police station in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday after cops raided his home and recovered a stash of cocaine, marijuana and crack that he was allegedly selling after his parents were arrested for drug dealing
A police officer holds a stash of drugs kept inside a plastic bag that was hidden in a makeshift closet built below the ceiling of a family home in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The cops arrested a 12-year-old for the allegedly running the operation while his parents were away in jail for the same crime
Authorities recovered 170 cocaine packages, 59 marijuana baggies and 780 vials containing crack, according to Brazilian news outlet G1.
The boy was transferred to the custody of Police Station for the Protection of Children and Adolescents.
It’s unknown how long the child’s parents have been in jail for.
The shocking arrest took a day after the network revealed video footage showing how drug dealing rings are employing children as young as five years old to handle narcotic sales in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Bairro de Fátima.
Police recovered 170 cocaine packages, 59 marijuana baggies and 780 vials containing crack after raiding a home in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday and arresting a 12-year-old boy who was allegedly selling the drugs while his parents were in prison
A police officer removes a gun from a plastic bag during the raid of a home were a family was allegedly selling drugs
According to a resident who spoke on the condition of anonymity, drug pushers kicked out tenants out of a building and used the property to run their operation.
‘They sell drugs, they use children to deliver drugs to addicts,” the resident said. ‘Minors, five, six, ten, twelve years old. They don’t even care that they are children.’
The astonishing video shows a shirtless boy holding a plastic bag that apparently contains a stash of drugs and standing alongside a bevy of young males outside the drug house.
Footage also shows another male, most likely in his teens, smoking a cigarette and handling various drug transactions.
‘Residents have seen drug dealers several times arguing and fighting in the middle of the street,’ a witness said. ‘They are constantly armed, defying the police, defying residents, threatening residents. They have no shame.’
DailyMail.com reached out to the Rio de Janeiro military police for comment.