Geddel, Temer's right-hand man, is arrested by the Federal Police.

Bahia 247 - The Federal Police arrested former minister Geddel Vieira Lima (PMDB). The Federal Police arrived at the building in Salvador, in the Jardim Apipema neighborhood, around 5:40 am, in two cars.

A street vendor was chosen to go up to the former minister's apartment as a witness. People walking in the street shouted in support of the Federal Police against the politician: "Go to Papuda prison."

The decision that the police have in hand is from the 10th Federal Court of Brasília, but it is still under seal. The request comes after the Federal Police found on Tuesday (5) R$ 51 million in cash hidden in boxes and suitcases in a "bunker" linked to the PMDB member, also in Salvador.

Read below the news report from Agência Brasil on the subject: 

Geddel is arrested in Salvador and is on his way to Brasília.

Former minister Geddel Vieira Lima was arrested again this Friday morning (8), in Salvador, three days after the Federal Police found more than R$ 51 million, attributed to him, in an apartment. Two PF vehicles were at the residential condominium where Geddel was serving house arrest, in the Barra neighborhood, a prime area of ​​the Bahian capital. The arrest took place shortly before 7 am.

Former minister Geddel Vieira Lima was taken to Salvador Airport, from where he will travel to Brasília and remain at the disposal of the Justice system.

The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) is part of the task force called Greenfield, which is executing two preventive arrest warrants and three search and seizure warrants. All are taking place in Salvador and are part of another phase of Operation Cui Bono, which investigates the misappropriation of funds in vice-presidencies at Caixa Econômica Federal (a Brazilian state-owned bank). The MPF did not detail the names and addresses of those arrested.

The request for Geddel's arrest argues the need for measures to prevent "the destruction of evidence essential to clarifying the facts." Following the request, Federal Judge Wallisney Oliveira, of the 10th Federal Court in Brasília, authorized the execution of the warrants to collect evidence of crimes such as passive corruption, money laundering, and criminal organization.

Last Tuesday (5), the Federal Police seized suitcases and boxes of money in an apartment in Graça, Salvador. The owner, Sílvio Silveira, confirmed in his statement that he lent the property to Geddel, who allegedly asked to store belongings of his father, who died last year. Until this morning, Geddel was under house arrest.

Operation Cui Bono

The first phase of Operation Cui Bono was launched by the Federal Police on January 13 of this year and investigated a fraud scheme in the release of loans from Caixa Econômica Federal between 2011 and 2013. According to the investigation, between March 2011 and December 2013, the vice-presidency of Corporate Banking at the institution was held by Geddel Vieira Lima.

The investigation of Operation Cui Bono – a Latin expression meaning "who benefits?" – is an offshoot of Operation Catilinárias, launched in December 2015 as part of Operation Lava Jato, when federal police found a cell phone in the residence of the then-Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, former federal deputy Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), which revealed an intense exchange of electronic messages between Cunha and Geddel. The operation aimed to prevent important evidence from being destroyed by those under investigation in Lava Jato.