Woman arrested at Faro Airport with 2.5 kilos of cocaine in luggage
A 20-year-old Brazilian woman is being held in custody on suspicion of carrying 2.5 kilos of cocaine hidden in her luggage. She flew into Faro Airport from Brazil on Friday
Fishing boat ‘intercepted on high seas’ yields over ton of cocaine
A complex operation involving police forces in Portugal, Brazil, the U.S. and UK intercepted a fishing boat “in the middle of the Atlantic” carrying over a ton of cocaine. Destined
58 packs of hashish found inside abandoned boat on Farol Island
An abandoned boat carrying 58 packs of hashish inside was found on Farol Island, Faro, on Thursday morning. Maritime police in Olhão were alerted by a citizen at around 6.30am.
Three arrested after police dismantle Olhão drug network
Three men were arrested and a large quantity of drugs confiscated when GNR police found a ‘highly sophisticated’ indoor greenhouse used to grow cannabis plants inside a warehouse in the
150 kilo-hoard of drugs found “bobbing along river Ave” near Trofa
A sharp-eyed fishermen led to the discovery of a 150-kilo hoard of drugs, bobbing along the Ave river near Trofa. The bags of hashish pollen (a loosely-packed form of the
Surprise swoop sees police confiscate over two tons of hashish
Over two tons of hashish was confiscated when police surprised a group that was smuggling drugs from a boat into a van in Cabanas de Tavira in the early hours
“Nervous” drug mule caught with €100,000-worth of cocaine strapped to her legs
A Brazilian passenger flying into Lisbon en route for Austria was caught by PSP police on Sunday with 15 packs of cocaine worth €100,000 strapped to her legs. Reports do
Drug duo arrested with “248 doses of cocaine” in Almancil
Two men were arrested in Almancil on Monday (May 2) after being caught by GNR police with “248 doses of cocaine”. House searches were conducted, with police confiscating “€415 in
Pensioner druglord arrested by GNR in Odiáxere
A 65-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of producing and selling drugs after police found 14 cannabis plants in his home in Odiáxere, Lagos. The plants were at an
Faro flight from UK brings two people hiding cocaine in bottles of shampoo
PJ police are investigating the strange case of two British holidaymakers arrested after arriving in Faro airport from the East Midlands in the UK with what appears to have been




