Benfica employee allegedly arrested for “dealing cocaine”
A man alleged to be employed by Portuguese football club Benfica was arrested at the end of July suspected of being linked to a drug network that imported cocaine from
Cocaine discovery in woman’s knickers and vagina in Lisbon airport
Was it the way she walked? Did she appear uncomfortable? We may never know, but eagle-eyed customs officials at Lisbon’s Portela airport knew something was up and soon discovered almost
Almost €1 million in heroin seized as police arrest Lisbon drug lord
A 40-year-old man believed to be “one of Lisbon’s main drug suppliers” was arrested on August 5 by PJ criminal police. According to an official statement, the man was detained
Portuguese “caught red-handed” at Salema cannabis plantation
A 38-year-old Portuguese man was arrested on Monday (July 27) after being caught tending a cannabis plantation in Salema, Vila do Bispo. The illegal crop was located near a house
Irish customs seize €40,000 worth of cocaine from Faro passenger’s suitcase
Half a kilo of cocaine – said to be worth at least €40,000 – was found in the lining of a suitcase belonging to a 28-year-old passenger flying in to
Police confiscate 12 cannabis plants in Algarve
Twelve cannabis plants were confiscated by GNR police in the Algarve last weekend. The investigation led them to find three cannabis plantations – two of them located near a house
Portugal’s drug dependence service “all for” use of cannabis in medical treatments
It’s the drug with the most addicts in Portugal, but the president of SICAD (the addiction intervention service) is all for using cannabis in medical treatments. Talking in Lisbon yesterday,
Drug lord arrested in Quarteira
GNR police scored a major hit on the Algarve’s drug trafficking market last week by arresting a 36-year-old Portuguese believed to be “one of the region’s main hashish dealers”. Described
Record cocaine bust seizes 1.15 tons off Azores coast
Photo by LUIS FORRA/LUSA As part of a “major effort to detect, fight and dismantle organised criminal groups that are bringing cocaine into Europe”, Portuguese police have seized 1.15 tons
Tough day for Algarve drug dealers
February 26 was not a good day for Algarve drug dealers. While Portimão’s GNR police busted a drug-dealing couple, aged 20 and 34, in Mexilhoeira Grande in the morning, another