This Thursday, the PSP arrested in Arroios, Lisbon, a 44-year-old teacher suspected of drug trafficking. According to authorities, the teacher was on medical leave and used a different method than that usually used by suspects involved in drug trafficking.
To deliver the medicines to the end user, the professor used couriers from various platforms, PSP said in a statement. The detainee used social networks to publish “the valuables of the acquisition and thus protect himself without exposing himself to the risk of being intercepted and approached by the police.”
The authorities’ investigation lasted two and a half years until evidence was collected to execute search warrants on the home.
The teacher was arrested as he left his house.
Authorities confiscated €2,590 worth of ECB banknotes; 1 cell phone; 10 precise scales; 1 vacuum sealer; Various envelopes and boxes that will be sent later to the end consumer; Several ATM cards in the name of third parties and the person currently detained; 287 glass bottles used to store liquid drugs; 1 bottle of 500 grams of glutamine, commonly used to reduce drug dosage; 64.58 grams of unidentified product; 52 packages of cocaine; 661 packages of ecstasy; 5 bags of lemon.
A measure of coercion was applied to him, indicating his identity and place of residence.