Alexandre Pires locked himself in a ship cabin for more than an hour during a PF operation

A little over an hour. This was the time that Alexandre Pires was locked in one of the cabins of the ship where he performed this weekend, upon learning that he was the target of a Federal Police investigation against illegal mining. Upon leaving the private area, the singer handed over his cell phone and the device was seized by agents.

O F5 found that the crew was preparing to leave the ship when several Federal Police vehicles arrived at the landing area of ​​the port of Santos on Monday morning (4). Despite initial strangeness due to the agents in the yard, the vessel’s departure was peaceful. Until rumors began to emerge that police were looking for Alexandre Pires and businessman Matheus Possebon.

Possebon was the first to be sought by the police and ended up being preventively arrested after disembarking from the artist’s themed cruise in Santos (SP). Alexandre Pires was taken to the local Federal Police headquarters, where he provided clarification and was released. The police also went to the artist’s apartment in Itapema, on the north coast of Santa Catarina.

The two are being investigated on suspicion of being part of an illegal mining money laundering scheme on the Yanomami indigenous land, in Roraima. There is a suspicion that Possebon is a silent partner in a mining company and has transferred almost R$1.4 million to Alexandre Pires in a money laundering scheme. The organization has generated around R$250 million in recent years, according to the PF.

Alexandre Pires’ defense informed that he “does not have and has never had any involvement with mining or mineral extraction, much less in an indigenous area”.

The operation called “Golden Disc” was launched by the Federal Police this Monday (4) to investigate a criminal group suspected of illegal exploitation of cassiterite from the Yanomami Indigenous Land and money laundering through illegal mining.

The official PF portal reported that the agents served two arrest warrants – against Matheus and another businessman called Christian Costa dos Santos, in addition to six – search and seizure of properties linked to the duo and Alexandre Pires. The court orders were issued by the 4th Federal Court of the Judiciary Section of Roraima. The actions took place in Boa Vista and Mucajaí (Roraima), São Paulo and Santos (São Paulo), Santarém (Pará), Uberlândia (Minas Gerais) and Itapema (Santa Catarina).