Over €2 million-worth of hashish seized near Fuseta
Two men aged 24 and 26 were arrested and 785 kilos of hashish “worth over €2 million” seized in the Algarve’s latest drug bust. The operation took place in the
Operation White-Wing foils cocaine route into Portugal using private jets
A private twin-engined jet, enough cocaine for 1.750 million individual doses and five arrests are the cherries on the cake of a PJ police operation mounted to foil a transcontinental
Pensioner arrested twice in three months for growing cannabis in Aljezur
A 71-year-old man was arrested last week for the second time in three months for illegally growing cannabis at his home in Aljezur. Equipped with two search warrants, the criminal
… Another fine swoop: unclaimed bag yields 32 kilos of cocaine
For the second time this month another ‘major haul’ of cocaine has been found ‘languishing’ in unclaimed baggage at Lisbon airport. Police ‘patrolling’ the baggage zone ‘detected a suspicious bag’,
Nineteen arrested as police dismantle major Algarve drug ring led by two Brits
GNR police have dismantled a major drug trafficking network in the Algarve, which led to the arrest of 19 people and the confiscation of over 24,000 individual doses of drugs
Major drug bust near Vila Real de Santo António
GNR police’s coastal control unit (UCC) seized 1.5 tonnes of hashish in a major drug bust near Vila Real de Santo António on Sunday. The substantial haul was recovered after
Cocaine worth over €5 million ‘left on airport carousel’
With all the confusion ongoing in air travel today it’s perhaps not that surprising that one traveller appears to have left six suitcases packed with over 208 kilos of cocaine
GNR police shut down illegal cannabis plantation in Monchique
A 57-year-old man was arrested on Monday (August 17) after his cannabis plantation in Vale de Gaios, Monchique, was discovered by GNR police. The operation saw authorities confiscating 41 cannabis
Major drug bust in Algarve sees nine arrested and six tons of hashish seized
In a major drug bust in the Algarve this week, PJ criminal police arrested nine men of different nationalities and seized five trucks containing six tons of hashish. The men,
Two major drug busts in just two days in Algarve
Police have announced two major drug hauls just one day apart from each other in the Algarve. Last weekend, authorities intercepted two boats in Tavira and Castro Marim, each carrying