The Judicial Police dismantled a drug trafficking network that used Portugal to smuggle large quantities of drugs into Europe.
During Operation Kristall, eight suspects were arrested for transporting drugs by sea to Europe.
Two detainees sailed from South America on a 14-meter sailboat with a thousand kilograms of cocaine. After being intercepted by the Portuguese fleet, which brought the suspects ashore, the sailboat, already empty, sank.
Searches were carried out throughout the country, as a result of which the remaining six suspects were detained. Five of which are in the execution of arrest warrants.
During the operation, led by the JV and accompanied by the Air Force, Navy, Europol and the Spanish authorities, three cars, a ship, a yacht, various sophisticated communications equipment, documents, money, cryptocurrencies, jewelry and expensive watches were seized. captured.
Two detainees on a sailboat have already been presented to the competent judicial authorities and a preventive measure in the form of detention has been applied to them.
The rest of the detainees, who are of different nationalities and have police and court records, are awaiting any coercive action they deem appropriate.