Gen. Walter Braga Netto was Jair Bolsonaro’s running mate. The arrest was for meddling in an investigation into a plot to stage a coup, the police said.

FEDERAL police arrested a former member of Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s Cabinet on Saturday in connection with investigations into an alleged coup plot, the Supreme Court have said.

Brazil’s federal police have arrested Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s Cabinet, in connection with an alleged coup plot, the Supreme Court said in a statement