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Metro
2 days ago
- Metro
Referee slapped in handcuffs and led away by armed police mid-match
There were extraordinary scenes in Brazilian football at the weekend as a referee was arrested and frogmarched away by police in the middle of a match. Far more accustomed to dishing out the punishment himself, Ederson Carlos da Silva, 38, was given his marching orders in front of stunned onlookers at the amateur clash in Guaruja. Da Silva did manage to brandish one last yellow card for a particularly robust challenge in Sunday's contest before receiving a taste of his own medicine as local police officers stormed the field of play. The official was immediately slapped in a pair of handcuffs, with the cops in question fully armed and donning visible bullet-proof vests at the Avenida Artur Paixao stadium, in the Vila Ligya neighborhood. It has since emerged that Da Silva is under investigation for his alleged role in a large a drug-trafficking network accused of supplying cocaine across Sao Paulo. Brazilian news outlet G1 report that the syndicate first came to the attention of police following the discovery of 450kg of cocaine in the city last November. According to Eduardo Camargo Lima, the chief of the Narcotics Investigations Police Station, Da Silva oversaw the 'logistics of storing narcotics for the criminal organisation'. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video It's believed six other suspects are still at large and the search is ongoing to determine their whereabouts. Authorities had been completely unaware that Da Silva was working as a part-time referee in amateur football. 'He [Da Silva] used some houses rented by the criminal organisation to store this drug, which was then distributed,' Lima added. 'From his record and everything we were able to raise, he worked as a foreman in a company. More Trending 'We didn't have the information that he refereed in football matches. As we did not locate him, he was wanted and then the people of Guaruja managed to arrest him.' Da Silva's online presence is said to have aided police in bolstering their case as part of 'Operation Santo Amaro'. 'He is a person who has a very active social life,' Sao Paulo Civil Police chief in Guaruja, Glaucus Silva, explained. 'He was someone who was already on the radar.' For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. MORE: What is devil's breath? The truth behind the notorious drug MORE: Influencer dies after clinging onto inside of active volcano for four days MORE: Drug kingpins guilty of plot to murder rival and smuggling £5,000,000 of cocaine
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Soccer referee sensationally arrested DURING match and hauled off field in handcuffs
He was caught red-card-handed. Police arrested a soccer referee in the middle of match in Brazil and hauled him away in handcuffs as shocked players and fans looked on. Wild video footage showed Ederson Carlos da Silva, 38, who is accused of being involved in a drug-trafficking ring, getting busted during the amateur soccer match Sunday in Guarujá. Just before officers took him into custody, da Silva was seen running up to player to issue him a yellow card. With his back turned the sidelines, cops donning bulletproof vests stormed the field. São Paulo Civil Police chief in Guarujá, Glaucus Silva, told Brazilian news outlet G1 that they were able to track down da Silva because he was often posting on social media. 'He is a person who has a very active social life, so he was someone who was already on the radar,' Glaucus said. The arrest came as part of an investigation into a drug-trafficking network in the region that caught the attention of authorities in November 2024, after a truck transporting 450 kilos of cocaine was stopped in the city of São Paulo. Authorities arrested the driver and a passenger, and then learned that da Silva was in charge of the criminal organization's logistics, according to Eduardo Camargo, the chief of the Narcotics Investigations Police Station. 'He used some houses rented by the criminal organization to store this drug, which was then distributed,' said Eduardo Lima, the chief of the Narcotics Investigations Police Station, which is under the State Department for the Prevention and Repression of Drug Trafficking. Lima said that they had no idea da Silva was working as a referee. 'From his record and everything we were able to raise, he worked as a foreman in a company,' Lima said. 'We didn't have the information that he refereed in football matches. As we did not locate him, he was wanted and then the people of Guarujá managed to arrest him.' Authorities are still searching for six other suspects, according to reports.
