Eight men, aged between 17 and 35, were detained by the PNP during a large-scale operation carried out in Holhão and Vila Real de Santo António. The investigation lasted nine months and was carried out by members of the Faro Criminal Investigation Center, who carried out the search with the support of members of the task force and PSP agents, totaling more than 100 operatives. According to CM found, searches were carried out in Fuzeta. According to GNR, the network was organized “into two main cells: one for distribution, the other for supply.” Hashish, cocaine, MDMA, cannabis, almost €21,000 in cash, thirteen mobile phones, a computer, a high-performance car, a six-blade weapon, an airsoft pistol, an air pistol and scales were seized.