According to the public relations officer of the Leiria Territorial Command of GNR, the operation is being coordinated by military personnel from this command and includes the participation of elements from the Santarém Territorial Command, with the help of dogs.

The source declined to give details of the operation.

The Riomaiorense newspaper Comércio & Notícias states that the operation has “more than three dozen military personnel” and aims at a commercial establishment and a residence, and an arrest has already been made.