Is bikini-clad Brazilian beauty secretly a notorious narco boss?

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Flamboyant Brazilian influencer Melissa Said denies running a huge cocaine empire.

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Instead, the bikini beauty claims she enjoys smoking weed every now and then. That's it.

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But the police who arrested Said say she is connected to a major drug smuggling organization and is likely its leader. She previously went into hiding when police approached the 23-year-old, who has 380,000 followers. on her Instagram page.

She has now broken her silence, calling her arrest a “disgrace” and denying any involvement in the drug trade.

“It's a shame… no one in the world should be arrested for smoking marijuana” she told the US Sunadding that she is not a secret drug dealer.

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Overseen by a crime syndicate?

Said was accused of being a drug lord and overseeing a crime syndicate from Bahia that pushed cannabis and was involved in money laundering. Police raided five properties linked to the queen bee.

Two of Said's alleged male accomplices, who shares cannabis-related content on her social media, were detained on the outskirts of El Salvador, and two others were detained in Sao Paulo.

The police accuse Said of promotion of drug use to her social media followers and gave them tips on how to evade the police if they were traveling with drugs.

“The purpose of this operation is to combat drug trafficking, with the main target being digital influencers who promote crime,” said Hernandez Junior, director of the State Department of Drug Prevention and Combating (DENARC).

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“It was discovered that in addition to promoting crime and drug use, it also sells and distributes drugs in Bahia, with some of its suppliers being people from Sao Paulo.

In a series of warrants, police seized electronic devices, cash and found evidence of numerous suspicious financial transactions as part of Operation Erva Afetiva, which translates to “love of weed.” This is the same phrase that Saeed posted in her Instagram bio.

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He faces up to 25 years in prison

One of the other suspects was charged with drug trafficking after officers discovered 1.4 kilograms of “disgusting” cannabis.

If convicted, the social media star faces up to 25 years in prison. An investigation into the influencer's activities began in 2024 after she was reportedly caught with drugs at a Brazilian airport and taken to a police station.

Her last Instagram post before becoming a fugitive was video of her discussing the legalization of marijuana at the same time it seemed that he was smoking an unknown substance.

She was married to content creator Tassio Baselar, who died in a motorcycle accident in October 2023.

After his death, Melissa wrote on social media: “Forever in my heart, my love. I love you more than anything.”

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