RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people died and five were injured Tuesday in a large-scale police dragnet to capture criminal ring leaders at the favelas in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, according to the Military Police.
Authorities made five arrests and seized a substantial amount of drugs in the operation launched in the early hours of the day in the favelas, or shanty towns, of Alemao, Mare and Penha, in northern Rio.
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