13 people arrested and 14 more accused were the result of a mega operation coordinated by the Portimão PSP which, in the early hours of yesterday, the 14th, took a hit on a drug sales network «in the context of nightlife activities and during the holding festivals".
The PSP District Command in the Algarve reveals, in a statement, that the Portimão Police Division detained 11 men and two women, between the ages of 21 and 66, and also constituted a further 14 people as defendants, all "indicted for the practice of drug trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon'.
The arrests culminated in an «investigation carried out over the last year», carried out by the Criminal Investigation Squadron of Portimão, together with the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the PSP in Lagos, under the direction of the Public Ministry of Portimão.
During yesterday's day, in an operation that lasted about 20 hours, 32 search warrants were carried out in the municipalities of Portimão, Lagos and Olhão and in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, including 25 home search warrants.
The operation also led to the seizure of 4 kilos of narcotic product, namely 6775 doses of ecstasy, 5868 doses of hashish, 1809 doses of cocaine, 512 doses of marijuana, 425 doses of heroin, various material for weighing, packaging and cutting of the narcotic product , 28.602,70 euros in cash, four firearms and 185 ammunition.
The mega operation had the support of the different areas of the PSP, namely the Criminal Investigation structure of the District Command of Faro, Rapid Intervention Teams, Special Police Unit Intervention Corps, Metropolitan Command of Lisbon and, also, with the collaboration of the Territorial Command of Faro of the Republican National Guard.
The detainees will be present in court "predictably during today", for the application of coercive measures considered appropriate while awaiting trial.
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