The Service for Foreigners and Border Guards (SEF) arrested this Wednesday morning in Lisbon a 39-year-old Brazilian who is wanted in his country of origin for using coercive measures due to suspicions of being involved in a cocaine and drug trafficking network. y anabolic steroids.
Gustavo Souza Silva, 39, has lived in Lisbon for about two years. He settled on national soil as part of a support program for people from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries and got a job as a driver on TVDE transport platforms.
In accordance with cm learned that he left Brazil in 2019 after an investigation.
According to an international arrest warrant issued by a Brazilian court, cm had access, Gustavo is considered dangerous. He was part of an organized drug trafficking network in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and was responsible for selling cocaine and anabolic steroids to users.
The SEF Task Force received an international arrest warrant a few weeks ago and have had difficulty finding a suspect who has changed his address several times.
He was arrested only this Wednesday morning.
He will spend the next night in the cells of the Lisbon PSP command in Moskavid, in order to attend the Lisbon relations tomorrow. He faces extradition to Brazil, where he faces a prison term of up to 25 years.