Sao Paulo — On Tuesday, police arrested a former cabinet minister in a probe into corruption in the construction of a soccer stadium in north-eastern Brazil for the 2014 World Cup. In a statement, police said they were serving five arrest warrants, 22 search-and-seizure warrants and bringing six people in for questioning, without disclosing the names of the targets. A police source told Reuters that Henrique Eduardo Alves, a former tourism minister, was among those targeted by the arrest warrants. Former lower-house speaker Eduardo Cunha, who is in prison, also fell under the scope of investigation, the source added. There was no immediate response to calls for comment from representatives for Alves and Cunha. Last June, Alves resigned as President Michel Temer’s tourism minister after accusations that he had taken bribes. A prominent lawmaker, he was speaker of the lower-house of congress between 2013 and 2015. The Arena das Dunas stadium in the city of Natal is the seventh of 11 s...
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