'Torture' alligators seized in drug raid
September 4, 2008 - 8:03AM

Brazilian police say they've literally taken a bite out of crime.

Officers raided raided the home of a drug dealer's mother-in-law today and found two alligators, one of them almost two meters long, said police inspector Ronaldo Oliveira.

Police speculated that traffickers used the jacarei alligators to help them dispose of bodies and to torture captured members of rival gangs, though they gave no evidence of anyone being eaten or tortured.

Oliveira said the woman didn't know the animals were in her house and she was not arrested.

The alligators were turned over to the Rio zoo.

Police also arrested three men while seizing several guns and a small quantity of drugs during the operation in the Coreia shantytown, Oliveira said.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/torture-alligators-seized-in-drug-raid-20080904-492h.html

Note from Bam ~ "Yacare" (or Jacarei) and "Alligator" are not usually found in the same sentence. And alligators are not all that common in Brazil. My guess is that it was a Yacare Caiman, which would be capable of eating a rival gang member.

One way of getting rid of leftovers....We meant to believe she didnt know there were 2 aligators living in her house...Think i would know..

What a deterrent!!! i was thinking of getting a wolf instead of a dog!! a Nile croc would be even better!