Brazilian police arrested the country's former defence minister, Walter Braga Netto, on Saturday as part of ongoing investigations into a suspected coup plot. Braga Netto, who served under former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro,

Police arrested Brazil's former Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto on Saturday and charged him with meddling in a probe into a planned military coup he is accused of organizing and financing, the latest twist in a political saga that has rocked the country.

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.