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Moisés Fonseca was caught with groceries hidden by the guards at Carregueira prison.
Mariana Fonseca was deported after being detained in Indonesia.
Mariana Fonseca, sentenced to 23 years in prison for murder, arrived last night at Tires prison. The former nurse was on the run in Indonesia when she was captured.
The detainee was carrying the narcotic substance hidden in one of his trainers, with the aim of supplying other inmates at the Guarda Prison Establishment, according to an investigation by the Judicial Police.
Nelson Semedo, 18, was taken to the Leiria Youth Prison. The judge had requested that he be kept separate from his rivals.
Carlos Castro's killer has been in a high-security prison for 15 years and suffers from psychotic episodes.
