The frigate D. Francisco de Almeida, while surveying Portuguese territorial waters, detected today, the 12th, a high-speed vessel «behaving suspiciously, having seized about 30 fuel jerricans that were dropped into the sea» by that speedboat.
The material dropped overboard was collected by the crew of the Portuguese Navy ship.
Elements of the high-speed vessel, which the Navy admits to be "probably related to drug trafficking", managed to escape,
«The Navy maintains its basic role in supporting surveillance and monitoring operations, its performance being essential to protect national interests and the exercise of State authority at sea», stresses the Navy.
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