Judicial police have arrested two drug traffickers, both Portuguese, arrested using an innovative drug transport method: 45 kilograms of cocaine were found in sewage treatment filters.
The drug will be sold in the Greater Lisbon area.
In a statement, the SP said that during Operation Filtro, carried out in recent days, suspicions arose that two men, aged 51 and 64, were part of an organized criminal group that was infiltrating the European continent. , a large amount of cocaine originating in Latin America.
The cocaine seized was mixed with a black powder packaged in 27 metal canisters commonly used in wastewater treatment systems, police said.
According to investigators, the cylinders, imported from Colombia and destined for a Portuguese company used by a criminal group of which the detainees were allegedly members, arrived at Madrid/Barajas airport in Spain about two weeks ago and were then transported to Portugal. lands under the supervision of the Civil Guard and the PS.
Operation Filter also carried out several searches of domestic and foreign premises, allowing for the “seizure of documents and items of relevant evidentiary interest”, highlighting equipment that would be used in the creation of a laboratory to extract cocaine (hydrochloride) from dust, in which it was mixed with.
The investigation by the National Drug Trafficking Unit was coordinated by the Directorate General of Investigation and Prosecution (DCIAP), the prosecutor’s office that oversees investigations of the most serious crimes.
Two drug dealers present in court were remanded in custody.
Author: Miguel Curado, Sergio A. Vitorino This Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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