Influencer Mapoua is arrested for carrying a weapon | Rio de Janeiro

Influencer Samara Mapoua is arrested with a gun with a shaved number when approached by the police

The digital influencer Samara Mapouaaged 30, and 5 other people were arrested in the early hours of Tuesday (26) for illegal possession of a firearm.

According to the Civil Police, Mapoua was in a car with friends when they disobeyed a stop order from military police officers from the 22nd BPM (Maré), in Bonsucesso, and fled along Avenida Brasil towards the West Zone.

At Olaria, the PMs managed to stop the group and found a 380 caliber pistol with shaved numbering hidden under one of the benches.

Taken to the 21st DP (Bonsucesso), Mapoua confessed that he had hidden the gun in the car and told officers the pistol was hers.

Still in testimony, the woman reported that “because he is an influencer with many followers and because he fears his physical integrity and his life, he got the aforementioned weapon to defend himself“.

During the custody hearing, this Wednesday (27), judge Diego Fernandes Silva Santos converted the woman’s arrest into preventative and ordered her to be held in a women’s prison.

In the decision, the magistrate stated that Mapoua had committed a serious crime and therefore it was necessary for her to remain in prison for an indefinite period of time until the investigation was completed.

g1 tries to contact the influencer’s defense.

After her arrest, her social networks were filled with recorded videos. This morning, Samara’s boyfriend used his page to defend her and stated that “for legal reasons” he could not say anything about the arrest. The man stated that the influencer’s detention is an “injustice of the system”. He also informed that she has “faith, hope and love” and that “only Justice will do the rest”.