PSP dismantles drug trafficking network that operated in the Lisbon area
ssecondly, deputy commissioner Tiago Costa, from the Lisbon Metropolitan Command of the PSP (Cometlis), told Lusa, three of the six detainees considered related to the preventive detention measure, and the rest with periodic presentations to the authorities.
“This operation resulted from an investigation that had already been going on since 2018 and to dismantle a network that brought drugs from the south of Spain and that supplied several municipalities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, such as Mafra, Cascais, Loures, Odivelas and the city of Lisbon itself” , indicated Tiago Costa.
The PSP deputy commissioner explained that an operation that led to the dismantling of this network began with the interception of a drug transport in the Montijo area and culminated in eight searches, seven of which were at home.
In the lapse of searches, authorities seized 72 kilograms of hashish, 90 grams of cocaine, weapons and ammunition.
“All the targets that were located in the scope of this investigation were detained”, underlined Tiago Costa.
This operation was carried out by the Criminal Investigation Division of the PSP in Lisbon.
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