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It was carrying a record eight tonnes of cocaine.
The operation involved collaboration from organisations such as the United States federal agency responsible for combating drug trafficking.
According to CNN Portugal, this is one of the largest anti-drug trafficking operations in Portugal in the past five years. Also, Sporting beat Arouca with an injury-time goal.
The Judicial Police (PJ) dismantled a trafficking network operating through Lisbon Airport from Africa, seizing cocaine and arresting two further suspects today in an investigation launched in 2025, including the alleged ringleader.
Authorities seized cocaine and detained two further suspects in the investigation launched in 2025, including the alleged ringleader of the network.
