Judicial police arrested four workers from the port of Leixões for collaborating with a drug trafficking network that transported drugs to Europe, and seized about 100 kilograms of cocaine.
According to the police, the operation to combat international drug trafficking lasted several months and was directed against a group of port workers who carried out the “operation”. extraction of narcotic products from ships and containers” on behalf of criminal organizations that import large quantities of drugs into Europe.
“The method known as rip/rip offinvolves disruption and contamination of cargo transported in bulk or in containers, and depends on the presence of a “rescue” team that returns illegally imported products before the legal product reaches the final consumer,” explains PZh.
The suspects were arrested at the scene of the crime as they were about to leave the port of Leixões with the drug “taken from a sea transport container arriving from the American continent.”
The police seized the entire drug product, as well as several weapons and money.
The four detainees are aged between 20 and 45 years old and will be subjected to judicial questioning,” the statement said.for the application of coercive measures deemed appropriate.”