The referee even gave a yellow card before being caught on Saturday afternoon (21), as shown in the video.
A man wanted for drug trafficking was arrested while acting as a referee in the final of an amateur football championship in the city of Guarujá, on the coast of the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Ederson Carlos, 38 years old, was located during the execution of a preventive arrest warrant.
After the arrest, the suspect was taken for a medical examination and then taken to the city police station. The alleged referee remains in custody.
Árbitro de futebol é preso enquanto apitava final de torneio amador no Guarujá
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