One of the two detained in the mega-operation of the Judicial Police (PJ), which allowed the dismantling of the largest clandestine doping laboratory in Portugal, is an employee of Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The man works in the IT department of Clube da Luz and is considered one of the leaders of the scheme.
The suspects had been running a laboratory producing millions of pills since 2017. The SP downplayed the connection of one of the suspects with Clube da Luz.
The PS mega-operation, called “Corpus Insanus”, took place in the Lisbon metropolitan area, where “eleven search warrants were executed, six of which were at home and five outside the house, and two arrest warrants were also served outside the house.” a flagrant crime, the main suspect in the commission of the listed crimes,” the SP said in a statement.
During the searches, several laboratory equipment and machines for the production of anabolic substances, already packaged and labeled prohibited substances, 250 thousand euros in cash and digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, as well as four luxury cars worth 300 thousand euros were seized. .
The detainees were present for interrogation, one suspect was subject to coercive measures of restraint, and another was subject to biweekly interrogations and a no-contact ban.
Author: Joao Carlos Rodriguez
Source: CM Jornal
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