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 statement said;
"The defence ministry informs that, on Tuesday 25 June,
an air force officer suspected of transporting narcotic substances was detained
in Seville airport in Spain. 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. Measures to
prevent such illicit acts are adopted on a regular basis. In view of this,
these measures will be strengthened."
President Bolsonaro was travelling on a separate plane and
reacted to the arrest on Tuesday on Twitter, saying he had asked the defence
ministry to cooperate with Spanish authorities.
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.
There are around 300,000 men and women in the armed forces
who are trained to uphold the highest principles of ethics and morality. If the
airman is found to have committed a crime, he will be tried and convicted
according to the law."
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