Diamantino Regeiras de Carvalho, a Portuguese truck driver from Castroverde who has been missing in Spain for about two weeks, has been found in France, where he is being held for transporting 713 kilograms of cannabis pollen in a truck.
Diamantino’s disappearance was reported by a woman on social media, saying the man had not reported since August 15, after he left the city on a trip. The announcement later reached the association SOS Desaparecidos.
In accordance with El ProgressoA man was arrested on August 16 by customs officers at a toll booth in the French city of Arles and sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking worth seven million euros, according to French police.
Diamantino told customs officials that he was transporting 33 bales of straw to Naples, Italy. While inspecting the truck, officials noticed boxes of bags of cannabis pollen.