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He then spent time in three different states but ran out of money, police chief Mauro César told a news conference after his arrest. Barbieri returned to Rio to claim an estimated 500,000 reais (£65,000; $90,000) in debts owed to him by drug traffickers but he was already under police surveillance, Mr César added.