Airplane pilot arrested on suspicion of storing images of child sexual abuse after girlfriend found photos of her daughter on his cell phone in MT

A 27-year-old airline pilot was preventively arrested this Tuesday (10), in Sinop, 503 km from Cuiabá, during an investigation into the storage of images of child sexual abuse. The man was reported to the Civil Police by his girlfriend, who found photos of his 7-year-old daughter on his cell phone while the child was sleeping, including in her underwear.

The woman confronted her boyfriend and, during the argument, punched him in the face, which broke one of his teeth. According to the investigation, the suspect asked her not to report him and offered to delete the photographs.

The pilot had already been arrested in December 2025. At the time, he exercised his right to remain silent. The investigations carried out by the Specialized Police Station for the Defense of Women (DEDM) of Lucas do Rio Verde also led to the identification of a 19-year-old young man, suspected of selling images of sexual violence against children through messaging applications.