This is the shocking moment a suspected drug trafficker jumped from an apartment building while trying to flee from police in northern Brazil.
The failed escape occurred on Sunday night when the Military Police of Espírito Santo launched an operation to arrest drug traffickers in the neighborhood, after arresting a teenager for attempting to sell narcotics in the municipality of Marechal Floriano.
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy with cocaine while he was on his way to the building to make the sale to a 31-year-old man.
Officers were then distracted by noise coming from an apartment building, and when they approached a third-floor window, they saw two men trying to flee.
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A 26-year-old alleged street drug dealer was seen on video trying to get off a building, where he and another suspect are accused of keeping a stash of drugs, and fell on top of a police van in the Brazilian city of Marechal Floriano on Sunday. The suspect, whose name has not been released, remains hospitalized and in police custody.
The suspect was seriously injured when he slipped and landed on top of the police van Sunday night.
One of the suspects jumped and landed on the rear window of the police vehicle and ran.
However, his accomplice, a 26-year-old man, did not fare so well; A smartphone video shows him trying to get out and then losing his balance before hitting his head on the window.
The suspect, whose name was not released by Military Police, was rushed to Dr. Arthur Gerhardt Hospital, where he was treated for trauma.
He was later transferred to the São Lucas hospital and placed in police custody.
The suspect narrowly avoided death when he landed on top of the police vehicle after slipping off the side of a building he was trying to climb down in a failed attempt to escape from police. The man is currently hospitalized and under police surveillance.
The alleged drug dealer was seen on camera spinning in the air before landing on top of a police van after trying to escape to avoid arrest.
Police seized 295 crack stones, 45 packages of cocaine, 10 grams of crack and 189 grams of cocaine base paste in the apartment where the drug traffickers operated.
One of the suspected drug traffickers who managed to escape landed on the window of another police SUV before running away.
He is expected to be transferred to a local jail once he is healthy and eligible for release.
A search of the home led to the seizure of 295 crack rocks, 45 packages of cocaine, 10 grams of crack cocaine and 189 grams of cocaine paste. Police also recovered $116.
Despite the arrest of the man who was supposed to meet the teenager to buy the drugs, the police decided to release him because they did not have enough evidence to accuse him of being in the act of making a purchase.
The teenager signed a logbook in which he confessed to being involved in drug trafficking activities and was handed over to his family.
