PSP tail suspected drug trafficker for over 1000km

A suspected drug trafficker has been arrested by PSP police after being followed on a 1000km round trip from Porto to the Algarve and back.

in News · 15 Aug 2020, 18:00 · 2 Comments

The suspect was tailed by undercover officers from Porto to the Algarve, where he stocked his vehicle with 14 kilos of hashish and 2 kilos of liamba, before making the journey back, where the 52-year-old was stopped and arrested in Gaia after almost 1,200kms. The drugs, enough for 32,000 individual doses, and the vehicle were seized.

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Comments

It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom. The money wasted on the witch hunt on soft drugs should go to the bombeiros....

By Fred Doe from Algarve on 16 Aug 2020, 14:15

I totally agree with Fred Doe..let the ones who want to be so stupid to get involved with illegal drugs in àny form pay for it in their own good time..which they wìll in the longrun..spend the money on a worthwhile necessity ..of which there are a lot in this country.

By Benita Rodrigues from Algarve on 17 Aug 2020, 16:01