In a statement, the PJ states that at 00:50 today the alleged trafficker, 30 years old and not of Portuguese nationality, was preparing to pack and transport 120.5 kilos of cocaine.

“The drug was packed in small bundles and was located inside and outside a vehicle that was in a dirt parking lot, in a deserted and unlit place,” the note reads.

The operation had the collaboration of the Coastal Control Unit (UCC) of the GNR.