In a statement, PJ said that the woman was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, in recent days, through the National Unit to Combat Drug Trafficking.

PJ said that, following the information gathered as part of an ongoing investigation, it was possible to ascertain that the woman would disembark at Lisbon airport, from a South American country, carrying a large quantity of cocaine in suitcases.

According to the police, if it had reached the illicit distribution circuits, the drug would be enough for at least 20,500 individual doses.

The 24-year-old detainee was present at the first judicial interrogation and was held in pre-trial detention.