Police arrest man accused of robbing sales website vans A man was arrested this Tuesday (21), in the city of Pilar, in the Metropolitan Region of Maceió, for armed robbery of a van transporting merchandise from Mercado Livre in the state. ?Join the g1 Alagoas channel g1 contacted Mercado Livre and, until the last update of this report, had not received a response. The crime occurred in the Petrópolis neighborhood, in the upper part of the capital. The arrest was made during a police operation. A second suspect managed to escape. The Civil Police did not disclose the identity of the prisoner or say how many crimes were being investigated. According to the coordinator of the Specialized Robbery Police Station of the Capital (DERC), delegate Camila Chacon, the investigation indicates that the suspect may have relied on a support network to obtain information about the loads and the routes taken by the vehicles. Alagoas Civil Police Vehicle Ascom PC-AL According to the delegate, the man is already known to the Alagoas police. He served around 20 years in prison for crimes related to facilitating the escape of inmates and bringing drugs into the prison system. Investigations also indicate that the suspect worked in other states, such as São Paulo and Paraná, after leaving Alagoas when he became wanted by security forces. "He is known around here and we can say that he is not a criminal accustomed to large cargo thefts, but to medium-sized robberies, such as van robberies. He may have received help to get to the cargo. Armed, he approached the drivers, made threats and took the goods", said the delegate.