The government of brazil and rio de janeiro state government crackdown have given strong support .
巴西政府和里约热内卢州政府都给予清剿行动大力支持。
Rio de janeiro state security department spokesman told afp , police seized 40 tons of cannabis .
里约热内卢州安全部门一名发言人告诉法新社记者,军警查获40吨大麻。
Floods and landslides killed more than 70 people in south-eastern brazil , almost 30 of them when a hotel in ilha grande , in rio de janeiro state , was buried .
In 2008 rio de janeiro 's state government started setting up police stations known as " pacifying police units " ( upps ) in the city 's favelas , or shantytowns .