House fire reveals homemade cannabis plantation
A house fire led police officers to the discovery of a homemade cannabis ‘plantation’ in Calhandriz, Vila Franca de Xira, on Sunday. What appears to have happened is that equipment
Major Algarve Cannabis bust
GNR police have arrested a 38-year-old Portuguese man believed to be “one of the main cannabis growers of Loulé”. An investigation led police to the man’s house in Sítio do
Drug-dealing couple arrested in Guia
A seven-month investigation by GNR police came to a successful end on December 29 when a couple was caught red-handed selling drugs in Guia. The couple, who lived in Sintra
Desperate traffickers burnt trying to blow-up drug haul
It was a desperate attempt to get rid of the evidence that left two drug smugglers with 40% burns to their bodies. As the authorities approached suspicious Portuguese fishing boat
1,849kgs of hashish confiscated from boat entering Guadiana
A major drug bust by GNR police saw officers confiscating 1,840 kilos of hashish from a 7.7 metre-long boat off the Castro Marim coast near Guadiana river on Tuesday, November
Cocaine-dealing pharmacist wins right to return to work
In an extraordinary new twist in the case of a pharmacist found guilty of trafficking hospital cocaine, judges have now ruled that the 50-year-old woman can return to work. Margarida
Cement mixer carrying two tons of hashish caught in Tavira
Drug smugglers’ ingenious plan to have two tons of hashish “hidden in plain sight” in a cement mixer came unstuck over the weekend after they crossed over the Guadiana bridge
The great drugs debate is on a high
Decriminalisation || For those of us without the benefit of deeper understanding through some form of mind-enhancing substance, it is hard to get the head around all the latest talk
UPDATE “Armed and dangerous” drug trafficker still on the run
A suspected drug trafficker – one of seven men targeted in a police swoop near Faro yesterday – remains on the run, PSP police confirmed to the Resident today (Wednesday).
Cocaine valued at €19 million seized from sailing boat off Sagres
A 600-kilo haul of cocaine worth at least €19 million on the open market was seized on Tuesday (October 14) from a sailing boat as it approached the coast of