SAO PAULO, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Six suspects were killed on Friday in a shootout with police in Ponta Grossa, a municipality in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, local authorities said.

The gunfight occurred during a police raid to confiscate illegal weapons of a gang.

The criminal organization was stockpiling weapons and planned to attack cash transport trucks and banks in small towns in the state of Parana, according to the police.

During the raid, six suspects were killed and no security agents were injured. The police confiscated weapons including rifles commonly used by the military. ■