Two men are on trial in Santarem court for drug trafficking offenses after they were arrested for attempting to smuggle large quantities of cocaine into Portugal in a container of mangoes imported from Brazil.
The accused, 31, were caught at the warehouse in Ourem in January 2023. At the end of 2022, one of the men created a company in Almada, through which he entered into a contract to ship a container of mangoes to Brazil. but which served as a cover for hiding 285 kilograms of cocaine. During an inspection of a container at the port of Algeciras in Spain, the Guardia Civil discovered 260 packages hidden on the floor of the container, which had been cut and sealed to conceal the drug product.
Spanish authorities seized 259 packages, left only one on the floor of the container and coordinated a joint operation with the joint venture to track the drugs. The defendants hired this service and a truck to deliver the goods to a warehouse in Ourem where PJ was waiting for them.
Author: João Nuno Pepino
Source: CM Jornal
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