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During the operation 35 single doses of hashish, 555 single doses of cocaine, 1,500 single doses of heroin and €1,700 were seized.

A gang made up of five men and one woman was stopped in the Quinta do Loureiro neighbourhood of Lisbon.

A woman was detained at Lisbon Airport for possession of cocaine sufficient for at least 8,500 individual doses. The suspect had arrived from a South American country.

Part of the seized drug was being carried inside the detainee's body, the PJ (Polícia Judiciária) reported.

A 30-year-old man was arrested in Sobrosa by the GNR with hashish, cocaine and cannabis. The stash house was operating out of a converted garage. The suspect has three previous arrests for drug trafficking.

The detainees are suspected of crimes involving trafficking of substances and prohibited methods, as well as possession of a prohibited weapon and money laundering. The operation took place on the south bank.

A 30-year-old man is a repeat offender and has already been arrested three times for the same type of crime.

Authorities continue to carry out inquiries

The investigation began after the seizure of luggage arriving from an African country containing more than 1,600 grams of cocaine. Two suspects were detained, including the alleged leader of the international group.

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.

The conference brought together Brazilian officers and professors to debate drug trafficking, naval defence and geopolitical disputes in the South Atlantic.

Fábio Micael will remain in pre-trial detention.

The Maritime Police have no doubt that all of this formed part of a logistical supply chain supplying a drug trafficking network operating, at least in transit, through our country.

A vessel with four engines totalling 1,200 horsepower was found aground in the Caldeira de Tróia area. Authorities suspect it was involved in a support operation for drug trafficking.

Authorities have already found drugs

The GNR concluded there was a “causal link between the risk inherent to the police or security function and the death of the officer” who was rammed by a speedboat tied to drug trafficking.
