The arrest in Portugal by the Judicial Police (PJ) of Brazilian military police lieutenant Aderaldo Freitas Neto in mid-June 2022 set off an investigation that has now led to the dismantling of an international drug trafficking network that brought drugs from Brazil to Iberia. Peninsula. 24 people were arrested (two in Portugal, 17 in Spain and five in Brazil), more than 860 kg of drugs, money, vehicles and weapons were seized. Now the dismantled network is cruel. She was investigated in Brazil for three murders: a prosecutor; lawyer; and a civilian named Vitor Olanda, who was killed in connection with the theft of 400 kg of cocaine from the network of Major Sergio Carvalho, the “Brazilian Escobar” arrested in Belgium. How cm On 4 July 2022, it was reported that Aderaldo Neto, believed to be one of the leaders of the network, was arrested following PJ’s “Operação Norte Tropical” operation, which resulted in the seizure of 320 kg of cocaine hidden in the shipment at the port of Sines. acai. A civilian was also detained.
Both remain imprisoned in Portugal. The SP, through the National Anti-Trafficking Unit, sought help in investigating the international network and, with the support of the Brazilian Federal Police and the Spanish Civil Guard, realized that drugs coming from Brazil were taken to Malaga, a neighboring country, and then transferred to other parts Spain and Portugal in cars with a false bottom.