Jair Bolsonaro surrenders passport in coup attempt investigation

Police seize passport as agents carry out 33 searches and four arrests across Brazil, targeting allies of far-right former president

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro has surrendered his passport as part of a police investigation into the attempted coup on 8 January 2023, which sought to keep him in power, his lawyers have said.

In operations that also targeted key allies of the former far-right leader, federal police agents carried out 33 searches and four arrests across Brazil on Thursday morning.