Artifact found in a tank truck on Christmas Eve was detonated by a special squadron of the Military Police of the Federal District.| Photo: Andre Borges/Agência Brasília

Another suspect in the attempted explosion of a tank truck near Brasília airport was arrested this Tuesday (17). Alan Diego dos Santos was on the run and turned himself in, after negotiations, at the police station in Comodoro, in Mato Grosso. The Civil Police complied with search warrants issued by the Federal Supreme Court (STF). He will serve preventive detention.

On December 24, the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF) deactivated an explosive device found in a tank truck near Brasília International Airport. Santos is a defendant in the case along with two other suspects, George Washington de Oliveira Sousa and Wellington Macedo de Souza. “This second suspect arrested, after a preventive arrest warrant was determined, turned himself in in Mato Grosso and must be sent back to the Federal District,” said the Ministry of Justice, in a statement. note.

George Washington was the first suspect to be arrested, still on the 24th. The ministry informed that “the third person involved is on the run and is still being sought”. DF public safety intervenor Ricardo Capelli announced the arrest on social media. “One of those involved in the attempt to blow up a tank truck at Brasilia airport was arrested on MT. The law will be enforced,” Capelli said at the twitter this afternoon.