Coke route
A Portuguese man who travelled to Brazil to pick up a kilo of cocaine to smuggle into Africa has ended up in jail in São Paulo. Correio da Manhã reports
Major Tavira drug bust
Polícia Judiciária (PJ) police wound-up a year-long investigation in Tavira last week when they arrested three men moving 800kgs of hashish cleverly stashed in the hull of a boat. The
Million euros worth of hashish found floating in the Guadiana
Almost a million euros worth of hashish has been found floating in the Guadiana river, near the Odeleite river mouth, last Sunday (January 19). The drug, weighing almost a ton-and-a-half
Drug trafficking network dismantled
A total of 22 people were arrested on December 29 in Lisbon on suspicion of trafficking heroin, cocaine and hashish. The PSP executed 25 search warrants which resulted in the
Portuguese women caught smuggling cocaine under wigs
Spanish police outsmarted and arrested two Portuguese women who plotted an almost ingenious plan to smuggle over a kilo of cocaine through Madrid Airport by keeping the stash hidden under
Venezuelan student arrested in airport cocaine bust
A Venezuelan student hiding more than 31,000 doses of cocaine under his clothes was arrested at Lisbon airport on Saturday, January 4. The youth, aged 23 and arriving from Caracas,
PJ nab 30kg of cocaine among pineapples
Police in Lisbon discovered a consignment of pineapples from Colombia bound for Spain was hiding 30 kg of high-grade cocaine. The drug, said to be of an “elevated level of
Punch-up leads to cannabis catch
A situation of domestic violence led police straight to a small cannabis plantation in an apartment in Portimão. The plants were being cultivated by a couple who came to blows
Faro airport police make €180,000 cocaine bust
Eagle-eyed police at Faro airport foiled an elaborate drug smuggling operation last week, netting 2.5 kilos of cocaine. The drug, hidden away in a passenger’s luggage, had a street-sale value
Drugs leave hundreds of Brits behind bars, says Embassy
Hundreds of British nationals are currently locked up in prisons across the globe for drug-related offences, often detained for months without trial and facing distressing living conditions. In Portugal, the