SEF apprehends 15 kilos of cocaine hours before service officially disbanded
As of midnight last night, SEF – the Serviços de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras – is no more. The service dealing with foreigners and borders has made way for AIMA, the
Man arrested for selling drugs near Portimão schools
A man was arrested and three others were named official suspects (arguidos) following a PSP police drug bust in Portimão on Thursday. The police force had been conducting an investigation
Man arrested in Faro for trying to board flight to UK with 10 kilos of hashish
A 55-year-old man was arrested at Faro Airport for trying to smuggle 10 kilos of hashish onto a flight to the UK, PJ police announced this morning. According to the
Man arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine at Faro Airport
A man has been remanded in custody after being arrested at Faro Airport for drug trafficking. According to PSP police, the man was trying to board a flight to Milan,
Ten arrested in latest Algarve drug bust
Drug bust also led to the confiscation of large amounts of drugs GNR police arrested 10 people during a drug bust operation in the Algarve on Monday. The drug trafficking
Police dismantle largest ever illegal doping lab in Lisbon
Two people were arrested Portugal’s main criminal investigation agency, the judicial police (PJ), has arrested two people and dismantled a clandestine laboratory which produced doping substances in the Lisbon region,
1.6 tonnes of hashish seized off Algarve coast
Yet another operation by Portuguese authorities off the coast of the Algarve has led to the arrest of six people and the confiscation of around 1.6 tonnes of hashish. This
Dawn police operation seizes 1.1 tonnes of hashish south of Algarve
Combined operation involved Maritime Police, Air Force and Navy Portuguese authorities seized 1.1 tonnes of hashish at dawn today during an operation to combat drug trafficking in international waters south
Drugs law changes: Constitutional court doesn’t raise objections
Decision opens “serious precedent” for autonomous regions Discomfort over the government’s approved changes to drug laws were ‘validated’ today by Portugal’s Constitutional Court – meaning President Marcelo has little choice
Suspected ‘narco-launch’ apprehended 93 kms off Faro coast
Undocumented crew “could not prove launch registration” The crackdown by authorities on traffickers using Portugal as a point of entry for drugs from north Africa continues this week with a