National Republican Guard (GNR)
🇵🇹 Portugal · Gendarmerie · 9 reports
- People arrested
- 20
- Plants destroyed
- 4
- Cannabis seized
- 4.80577 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Four held in Guimarães and Valongo with 13 hashish doses, cocaine and guns
GNR officers backed by the PSP arrested four men aged 24 to 69 on 9 November 2026 during searches in Guimarães and Valongo, seizing 13 doses of hashish alongside cocaine, heroin, firearms and 5,225 euros in cash. Two suspects were released under an identity and residence term, while two were to appear before an investigating judge in Guimarães for a first judicial interrogation.
Arrested 4Released 2Cash confiscated EUR 5,225Six held in Trofa illegal gambling inspection with liamba and hashish seized
Guarda Nacional Republicana officers inspected two cafés in Trofa on 7 November 2026, arresting six men aged 20 to 53 on suspicion of illegal gambling. Officers seized four gambling machines, a scale, three knives, two doses of liamba and two doses of hashish, sending the case to the Santo Tirso court.
Arrested 6Sites 2Driver held with 10 hashish doses, crack and a knife near Ponte de Lima
Guarda Nacional Republicana officers stopped a 52-year-old driver at a road check in Arcozelo, Ponte de Lima, on 6 November and found a bladed weapon plus drugs in his car. They seized 25.75 doses of cocaine (crack) and ten doses of hashish; the man was detained and made an arguido, and the facts went to the Judicial Court of Ponte de Lima.
Arrested 1Four held with 1.1 tonnes of hashish off Odemira
Four foreign nationals aged 16 to 43 were arrested at Porto das Barcas, São Teotónio, after police intercepted about 1.1 tonnes of hashish pollen moved by fast boat. The joint PJ-GNR Operation Barcas also seized a car with false plates, surveillance cameras and communications gear in house searches.
Arrested 4Cannabis 1.1 tTwo held in Ericeira with 206 hashish doses, 4 plants and arsenal
GNR officers arrested two men aged 51 and 55 in Ericeira, Mafra, on 5 November 2026 after a six-month drug-trafficking investigation. Officers seized 206 hashish doses and four cannabis plants alongside cocaine, weapons, explosives and cash; one suspect was placed in preventive detention and the other ordered to report weekly.
Arrested 2Charged 2Plants destroyed 4Sites 9GNR arrests 25-year-old with 100 doses of hashish in Amarante
GNR officers from the Amarante post detained a 25-year-old man during a patrol in Amarante on 4 November 2026 after finding 100 doses of hashish and two knives on him. He was made an official suspect and the case went to the Amarante court.
Arrested 1GNR arrests man with 2,800 cannabis doses in Abrantes
The GNR arrested a 50-year-old man and seized 2,800 doses of cannabis and nine plants at a house in Vale das Mós, Abrantes. Officers also found equipment used to grow and pack the drug.
Arrested 1GNR arrests a 55-year-old in Covilhã with 5.773 kg of cannabis
On 14 October 2026 the GNR criminal unit in Covilhã arrested a 55-year-old man for drug trafficking. A search of his home and land found 5,773.01 grams of cannabis, four plants, stalks and tins of seed. He was made a defendant.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 5.77301 kg3.7 tonnes of hashish seized from smugglers' boats at Cabanas de Tavira
The GNR's coastal unit seized 3.7 tonnes of hashish at Cabanas de Tavira on 22 March 2020 after following two suspect inflatable boats ashore. The traffickers escaped, abandoning the boats, a van and 113 bales; the judicial police took over the case.
Cannabis 3.7 t