Any of you single baws have some bail money and want to be a Brazilian drug kingpin?

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A fugitive, bikini-clad Brazilian influencer has been arrested after being accused of being the queen of an interstate drug-running and money laundering operation.

Melissa Said — who boasts more than 340,000 Instagram followers — had been on the run since Wednesday when five of her properties were raided by the Bahia Civil Police in northeast Brazil, according to the Brazilian news outlet Correio.

The 23-year-old social media star was the suspected leader of a major criminal gang involved with cannabis distribution and money laundering. She is accused of actively facilitating and encouraging the smuggling of illegal substances in Bahia and São Paulo.

Said was nabbed while hiding out at a friend’s house in Bahia, following an intensive surveillance and intelligence effort.

Police launched their investigation into the influencer in 2024 after she was allegedly caught with drugs at an airport, accused of advising her followers on how to evade law enforcement during drug transport, and promoting herself by handing out “kits” containing joints on the streets.

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Said was married to influencer Tássio Bacelar, who died in a bicycle accident in October 2023, according to the outlet.

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