PJ arrests Guinean man in Lisbon suspected of trafficking large quantities of cocaine
The 57-year-old defendant was remanded in pre-trial detention.
The Judicial Police (PJ) detained, in Lisbon, a Guinean citizen residing in Portugal who was “strongly suspected” of committing the crime of trafficking large quantities of drugs, that authority announced today.
The arrest occurred as part of an investigation carried out by the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DCIAP), which has been ongoing for around two years.
According to the PJ, the investigation was carried out in cooperation with authorities from other countries, where they are investigating the activities of an organized criminal group, suspected of introducing into Portugal, by air, large quantities of cocaine from Latin America and the Caribbean, to subsequent distribution in Europe.
During this investigation conducted by the PJ’s National Unit to Combat Drug Trafficking (UNCT), it was already possible to detect and seize, at Humberto Delgado Airport, in Lisbon, around 810 thousand individual doses of cocaine transported in unaccompanied suitcases. .
The 57-year-old defendant was interviewed during his first judicial interrogation, and the coercive measure of preventive detention was applied to him.
Investigations continue.
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