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A Brazilian influencer has broken her silence after being arrested in connection with an alleged drug trafficking ring

Melissa Said, 23, often uses her social media platform to post information about cannabis use

She has denied any involvement in drug trafficking

A Brazilian influencer, who was recently arrested in connection with a drug smuggling ring, has broken her silence.

Melissa Said, 23, a social media star with more than 375,000 followers, was taken into police custody on Thursday, Oct. 23, in Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia in the northeast part of Brazil, per local news outlet Correio .

She had allegedly been hiding at a friend’s house in the Itapuã neighborhood of the city since Wednesday, Oct. 22, after learning that police were looking for he

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