Two men detained during a Judicial Police (JP) operation that seized 351 kilograms of cocaine imported from Latin America hidden in boxes of bananas will await developments in the investigation in preventive detention, it was announced this Saturday.
A source from the Leiria SP Criminal Investigation Department told Lusa that the suspects were ordered to undergo preventive detention.
The SP announced in a statement on Friday that it had arrested two men at the scene of the crime and seized 351 kilograms of cocaine that was imported from Latin America and hidden in banana boxes as part of an investigation by the Department of Investigation and Police. Action Leiria Penalty.
An operation against the international cocaine trade, launched in recent days and carried out by the Department of Criminal Investigations of Leiria, led to the arrest of two men, both aged 45, with dual citizenship: Portuguese and a country in Central Europe. statement.
Following several search warrants for warehouses and vehicles, both heavy and light, 351 kilograms of cocaine was seized outside the country, which was “imported from South America and hidden in boxes of bananas.”
“Once recovered in a wooden cargo, it will travel to Central/Northern Europe,” police said.
The PS also confiscated three vehicles, a luxury car, a passenger car and a truck, as well as various technological equipment, cell phones, communication bus systems and GPS locators.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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