Brazilian arrested at border after entering French barracks in Guyana
A Brazilian national, already convicted of drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm, was apprehended in Oiapoque during his administrative expulsion to Brazil. He had previously been arrested for breaking into a Gendarmerie barracks in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.
Brazilian arrested at border after entering French barracks in Guyana
French and Brazilian authorities coordinated a cross-border operation that resulted in the arrest of a Brazilian national in the municipality of Oiapoque, located in the State of Amapá, in northern Brazil. The apprehension took place on Wednesday 15 July, at the precise moment when the individual was being returned to Brazilian territory pursuant to an administrative removal measure.
According to information communicated by the Brazilian Federal Police, this arrest resulted from close collaboration with the French Gendarmerie, conducted via the International Cooperation Centre of Amapá and the Federal Police Liaison Office in Cayenne. The suspect was the subject of a preventive arrest warrant issued by the court of Calçoene, in the same State of Amapá, for offences of drug trafficking and illegal carrying of a firearm.
The facts date back to 21 April of the current year, when the Brazilian was apprehended in flagrante delicto by French law enforcement after entering a Gendarmerie barracks located in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, in French Guyana. Following this intrusion, he was released, but his stay on French territory had become irregular from a migratory perspective. The competent authorities had then decided on his administrative expulsion to Brazil.
Upon his arrival in Oiapoque, a locality bordering French Guyana, agents of the Brazilian Federal Police immediately placed him in detention to enforce the judicial warrant issued by the Brazilian court. After the usual formalities, he was transferred to the penitentiary system and remains at the disposal of the justice system of the State of Amapá.
Source: CNN Brasil
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