Nininho Vaz Maia says he is innocent and collaborating with justice

Nininho Vaz Maia says he is innocent and collaborating with justice. The singer was constituted argued on suspicions of bleaching, following the searches conducted this Tuesday under the investigation for drug trafficking.

“It is important to make it absolutely clear that Nininho is innocent and that we fully trust in court and we are certain that everything will be clarified with a briefness,” reads in a statement from the singer’s team. “We reaffirm full availability to collaborate with the authorities in everything necessary, but we reject any hasty association,” the note adds.

The statement, quoted by the Lusa agency, reports that at 7 am today « the Judicial Police went to the Nininho Vaz Maia House, as part of an ongoing investigation » and that « searches were made and Nininho was accompanied to make statements, collaborating from the first moment with the authorities. »

The 37 -year -old singer was argued on suspicion of capital bleaching following the searches conducted under an investigation of drug trafficking by air.

In a statement disclosed, the Judicial Police (PJ) says that they conducted 33 home searches and non -home searches in the Greater Lisbon region, under Operation Skys4all “which culminated in the arrest of two national citizens and the constitution of three defendants”, one of them Nininho Vaz Maia.

« The operation was in view of the collection of evidence, on the presumed illicit activities of a criminal group, which was dedicated to the trafficking of a air and laundering of capital, » explains this criminal investigation force.

In addition to the fulfillment of the search and seizure warrants, five vehicles, two firearms, a high amount of money in cash, diverse communications and documentation material, add the PJ.