Brazilian police arrest three suspects over the flight of more than 700 pounds of gold at São Paulo airport | Internationale

Brazilian police arrested three people suspected of having participated in the theft of 718.9 kilos of gold committed in the cargo terminal of Guarulhos International Airport, the country's largest, according to sources official. These are three workers from the airport itself, located in the metropolitan area of ​​São Paulo, according to Efe sources, which has had a huge impact, both outside and at the same time. inside Brazil.

The cargo theft, estimated at just over $ 30 million, was committed Thursday by a group of heavily armed bandits disguised as agents of the federal police of Brazil. Peterson Patricio, 33, supervisor of logistics at the airport, has been identified as one of the suspects arrested. According to a first statement to the authorities, he was taken hostage with his family.

Patricio first appeared as a victim by ensuring that he was kidnapped with his family one day before the robbery and that the badailants forced him to transmit inside information to facilitate access to the interior of the terminal. However, once in prison, he confessed his participation in the action and said that his family knew nothing about it.

On the images of the airport security cameras, it was possible to see how Patricio indicated to the group members the exact location where the gold was and how he was taking loose pieces in a container, but it was believed that It forced him and threatened him. The police had previously indicated that she was leaving open the possibility that someone from inside the airport had participated in the theft of gold, whose weight had dropped. first estimated at 750 kg then reduced to 718.9.

The second arrested suspect, also named Peterson, would apparently be one of the first badistants at Guarulhos Airport, one of the largest in Latin America. No further information on the third inmate is known. Police estimate that at least ten people have participated in all the operations necessary for the execution of robbery, considered one of the most important in the history of Brazil. Until now, not one gram of gold stolen has been recovered.