A Brazilian mother has claimed she was allegedly repeatedly r@ped by police officers in front of her newborn baby for nine months after being held as a s£x slave in a prison cell.
The 29-year-old woman said officers took it in turns to abuse her at a police station in Santo Antonio do Ica in the rural state of Amazonas, Brazil.
A lawyer acting for the woman, who is part of Amazonian Kokama indigenous community, said the allegedly attacks began after she was arrested and accused of domestic violence against her husband.
The lawyer said when she was taken to the remote police station, officers threw her in a cell with male inmates and told her there was an outstanding warrant for her arrest.
She then allegedly became a s£x slave to the officers who systematically r@ped her until she was released in August 2023.
The woman is now demanding nearly £67,000 in compensation from the state for the horrific abuse she suffered.
According to an affidavit, the woman’s ordeal was so traumatic that she tried to k!ll herself several times.
“The psychological damages of the gang r@pe committed in the presence of the newborn and during the period of imprisonment caused her permanent damage,” the document said.
Additionally, the level of abuse she suffered was so physically brutal that two years later she continues to suffer from uncontrollable bleeding in the uterus, her legal team said.
“The physical pain acquired as a result of s£xual violence is added to the deep psychological wound that marked the Plaintiff’s soul.
“The depression, the su!cide attempts inside the prison and the constant fear are silent witnesses to the barbarity suffered.”
Lead attorney Dacimar de Souza Carneiro noted that the abuse happened everywhere in the station – from the cell to the kitchen and even in the weapons arsenal.
“The r@pes happened at night, during shifts. In all areas of the police station. The other prisoners didn’t say anything because they were also tortured.”
And when she begged them not to r@pe her in front of her baby son, cops reportedly told her: “We’re the ones in charge here.”
When she was not being r@ped, the document alleges that she was locked in the police station’s only cell with other men and lived in constant fear of further attacks.
The victim identified four military police officers and a municipal guard as the perpetrators.
She was only spared when she was transferred to a women’s jail in August 2023, and she told wardens about what had happened to her.
The Amazonas Public Security Secretariat and the Civil Police say they are investigating her allegations.
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have arrested a soldier declared wanted by the Nigerian Army over his alleged involvement in supplying military uniforms to terrorist groups operating in the North-East.
Security expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a statement posted on X.
Makama said that the suspect, identified as 23NA/84/1939 Private Mohammed Yusuf of the Nigerian Army Ordnance Training Facility, NAOTF, Lagos, was apprehended at about 6:30 pm on July 25, 2026 by troops of 7 Provost Group led by the Acting Commander.
He added that preliminary investigations revealed that before he was declared wanted, the soldier absconded from his unit and travelled to Maiduguri on July 7, 2026, where he allegedly went into hiding.
Investigators further established that the soldier was sheltered at Gomari Costain in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State by 25NA/89/12687 Private Baba Kamal Sale of the Corps of Intelligence, Dikwa.
The security expert further noted that acting on credible intelligence, troops of the 7 Provost Group placed the suspect under 24-hour surveillance before intercepting and arresting him at Jidari Bus Stop while he was allegedly attempting to flee to Cameroon.
“The suspect is currently in the custody of the 7 Provost Group, where he is undergoing further investigation into the alleged supply of military accoutrements to terrorist elements and the possible involvement of other collaborators.
“The arrest as a significant breakthrough in ongoing efforts to dismantle insider networks aiding terrorist groups, adding that investigations are continuing to establish the full extent of the suspect’s activities and identify any accomplices,” Makama added.
A 55-year-old businessman, Onuigbo Ndubisi Chinedu, who deals in clothing at the popular Balogun market, Lagos Island, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over an attempt to export 3.30 kilograms of cocaine concealed in the walls of cartons used to package foodstuffs going to the United Kingdom.
According to Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the agency, Onuigbo was arrested on Thursday, 23rd July 2026, following the interception of his cocaine consignment at the export shed of the Lagos airport the previous day, Wednesday 22nd July by NDLEA operatives.
NDLEA arrests Lagos businessman, others over N10 billion cocaine trafficking; intercepts consignment of tramadol buried in containers of black soap
Babafemi said in the course of investigation, three cargo agents identified as Nkwor Onyekachukwu Justina; Adeleke Abiola Taoheed; and Ukanwa Grace Pilgrim, who handled the shipment, were initially arrested, leading to the arrest of Kenneth Okakpu who delivered the consignment to the cargo agents for shipment to the UK.
The NDLEA spokesperson said Okakpu’s arrest provided the lead to identifying Onuigbo as the kingpin behind the syndicate and his eventual arrest while attempting to send another consignment of cocaine to the UK.
NDLEA arrests Lagos businessman, others over N10 billion cocaine trafficking; intercepts consignment of tramadol buried in containers of black soap
He mentioned that a 31-year-old entrepreneur, Emmanuella Chukwu-Edo, also involved in illicit drug trafficking, was on Tuesday, 21st July, arrested at her Surulere, Lagos residence by NDLEA operatives following the seizure of her consignment of 2.80kg Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, which arrived from the United States aboard a United Airlines flight on Monday, 20th July.”
NDLEA arrests Lagos businessman, others over N10 billion cocaine trafficking; intercepts consignment of tramadol buried in containers of black soap
In a related development, NDLEA officials seized a consignment of tramadol buried in containers of black soap heading to the UK. The shipment was intercepted by NDLEA operatives at a courier firm in Lagos on Wednesday, 22nd July.
A man accused of stealing cables was paraded in the Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The suspect was apprehended in the early hours of Sunday, 26th July, 2026 by a vigilante group at Ompadec, Amarata, while allegedly stealing electrical cables from a home.
According to residents, cable theft has become a recurring problem in the area, leaving them feeling vulnerable.