Sao Paulo: The Brazilian police arrested the alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone&rsquo;s mother-in-law. It was a helicopter pilot who worked for the British billionaire&rsquo;s family, officials said.
<img title="Bernie Ecclestone and Fabiana Flosi. File pic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/Fabiana-Flosi.jpg" alt="Bernie Ecclestone and Fabiana Flosi. File pic" /> Bernie Ecclestone and Fabiana Flosi. File pic
The arrest came after police on Sunday rescued Aparecida Schunck Flosi Palmeira, the 67-year-old mother of Ecclestone&rsquo;s Brazilian wife, Fabiana Flosi, after more than a week in captivity. The pilot, Jorge Eurico da Silva Faria, &ldquo;planned the kidnapping and knew these people&rsquo;s routines,&rdquo; said the Sao Paulo state security service.
It said the pilot worked for Ecclestone&rsquo;s family, but Brazilian news reports said he had also worked for Ecclestone personally. Palmeira, who was kidnapped on July 22, was rescued by the police in a massive night-time raid in the city of Cotia, in the greater Sao Paulo area. Two suspects were immediately arrested at the scene on Sunday.
Palmeira was unharmed but shaken after more than a week in captivity. She spoke briefly to television cameras as she arrived at a police station after being freed, before hugging waiting relatives.
&ldquo;No one should kidnap anyone in Sao Paulo because they will get arrested,&rdquo; she said. A demand for a ransom of $36.6 million was made to the family, but no ransom was paid, according to the governor and police sources.
Flosi, a 38-year-old lawyer, met the 85-year-old Ecclestone while she was working for the Interlagos Grand Prix in 2009.

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