A Brazilian air force officer travelling with President Jair Bolsonaro‘s G20 team has been arrested after being caught with 39 kilograms of cocaine.
The officer was detained in Seville, Spain, when the back-up plane travelling to Osaka made a stop-over, a statement released by the Brazilian defence ministry said.
“The military man is detained at the disposal of the Spanish authorities. The aeronautics command established a military police inquiry (IPM) to determine all the circumstances of the case.
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“Measures to prevent such illicit acts are adopted on a regular basis. In view of this, these measures will be strengthened.”
He said: “I immediately ordered the defence minister to cooperate with Spanish police to establish the facts and cooperate with every stage of the investigation, and to launch an investigation by the military police.(Sky News)
