A 37-year-old man, who does not have one of his legs, was arrested in flagrante stealing electrical power wires from a building of the Santos Prefecture. The event happened on the night of last Sunday (8 November), in the neighborhood Vila Nova, on the São Paulo coast. The Guarda Civil Municipal reported that a team patrolled the region when they observed a suspicious movement and a flash coming from the municipal property. Upon arriving at the scene, the agents found that the main access lock had been cut and that two men had invaded the building.
While one of the invaders managed to escape, the second was arrested with the tools used to break the lock still in hand. The detainee was accompanied by a comparsa during the crime. According to information from the Secretaria de Segurança Pública, the suspect carried copper wires and equipment for cutting the lock. He was referred to the Central de Polícia Judiciária of Santos, where he remains held at the disposal of the Justiça, while the perícia is activated to ascertain the details of the invasion.