The 12 people linked to company 101 do Brasil Industrial, arrested for two weeks in the Arion 2 operation, in Joinville, had their freedom granted by the Santa Catarina Court of Justice.

Managers and employees of the manufacturer of the energy drink Red Horse had been preventively arrested in a mega operation organized by the Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (Gaeco), the Public Ministry, the Federal Revenue Service, the Finance Department and the police.

The company, known as Caninha 101, is suspected of evading more than R $ 50 million and is being investigated for crimes of criminal organization, tax evasion, ideological falsehood and money laundering.

The TJSC understood that there is no need to keep the prison, since the measures of search, seizure and kidnapping of assets were sufficient to guarantee public order. In addition, the Court believes that the suspects are no longer at risk of interfering in the investigation.

Source: Diário Catarinense (07/05).

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