Tracking the truck ended with the arrest of two men in the early hours of Tuesday (21) in Garuva, north of Santa Catarina. The military police were called by the company in charge of the vehicle and cargo after the persons in charge noticed that the truck was off the route and, moreover, the driver was not answering the calls. Two men aged 29 and 41 were arrested after they robbed a truck and took the driver hostage.

The arrest took place early in the morning on Tuesday (21) in Garuv. Photo: PMSC/Disclosure.

According to the prime minister, the truck left Torres for Rio Grande do Sul and headed for Sao Paulo, but was intercepted by criminals who tried to disable the tracker. The police found the truck near the return of the scales to the BR-101, followed by a stopped car, which tried to flee as the car approached, but the two men were approached by the police.

According to the tracker, the cargo was stolen in the Palmital area. The driver, who was close to the truck when police arrived at the scene, said he was resting in the cab in front of the Garuv toll booth when he heard a knock on the window. The two men were hooded, carrying a flashlight and armed with a pistol, demanding that he open the door and threatening to kill him. In addition, they demanded that the victim lay down with his head turned with a gun pointed at him.

The driver also said that he noticed when they stopped on a dirt road and two other men arrived at the scene and began to unload cargo from the truck, which contained thermoses. After that, they returned to the BR-101. According to him, the man, who kept pointing a gun in his direction, was talking to someone on the phone, and the other was driving a truck, always worrying about the presence of a support car that followed the car.

Also according to the victim, the truck was blocked when they were about to pass the scales, at which point the perpetrators got out of the cab and headed for the escort car when he took the opportunity to get out and noticed the police car.

The perpetrators stole 26 boxes of thermoses worth R$3,626.75, 50 boxes of thermoses worth R$6,743.70, and two more rolls of asphalt pavement with aluminum-polyester film.

The couple was detained and taken to the police department.