Lionel Messi's brother to be arrested after gun found in blood-stained boat

Lionel Messi's brother Matias Messi will be arrested after a weapon was found inside his boat. 

According to reports, a prosecutor in Argentina has ordered the arrest of Messi. Authorities say that Matias Messi illegally carried a gun. The weapon was found inside a blood-stained boat after he crashed it in the Parana river.

Messi is being investigated and will eventually be detained for illegally possessing a firearm in “a suspicious context.”

The 35-year-old is recovering from a fractured jaw and other injuries at a hospital in Argentina’s Santa Fe province.

The reports said quoting a prosecutor that after the crash, the brother of the football star was helped by a local resident.

Messi’s attorney, Ignacio Carbone, has said that his client crashed into a sandbank and denied that he owns the gun.