The director of the PJ national anti-drug traffic unit (UNCTE) da PJ, Artur Vaz, said that among the drugs incinerated at the Valorsul waste treatment plant, were 1,400 kilos of cocaine.

There were also smaller, though significant amounts of heroin, hashish, cannabis and synthetic drugs.

The UNCTE said that last year it destroyed more than 14 tons of drugs it had seized.