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Ex-Barcelona defender arrested for firing gun

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Former Barcelona right back Douglas Pereira has been arrested after shooting a gun into the air in a car park in Brazil.

Brazilian publication Globo Esporte have reported that the
32-year-old is facing trial after the incident which
allegedly took place on April 21 in the country’s capital of
Brasilia.

It’s claimed that the former Brazil U20 international had
been drinking on a boat at Lake Paranoa – which he left
after falling out with the other people on it.

As per Football Espana, Douglas is then said to have walked
through a forested area with an unauthorised gun and came to
the sports campus of Club Esportives Sul.

Security at the facility are said to have asked him to leave
the area after he confronted several people ‘aggressively’ –
before he fired the gun into the air in a car park.

The player is then said to have hid the pistol in a nearby
busy and was arrested by police – though the gun was not
located.

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Douglas was reportedly detained and released on April 23
ahead of facing trial in Brazil.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office for Criminal Justice filed a
complaint against Douglas for illegally carrying and firing
a firearm.

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