Three men and a woman were detained on Thursday in Paredes, in the Porto district, on suspicion of drug trafficking, in an operation announced on Saturday by the Porto Territorial Command of the GNR.[1] The suspects were aged between 37 and 54.[1] The detentions followed a drug-trafficking investigation in which officers carried out four searches, two at homes and two in vehicles, leading to the suspects being identified and located.[1]
Officers seized 375 doses of cocaine, 87 doses of hashish and 46 doses of heroin.[1] They also seized an alarm pistol, a knuckleduster, a handmade baton, two vehicles, eight mobile phones, 4,090 euros in cash and other material linked to drug trafficking.[1]
One of those detained was made an arguido, while the others were brought for a first judicial interrogation on Friday at the Penafiel Criminal Instruction Court, where one of them was placed in preventive detention.[1] Another detainee was barred from contacting people linked to drug trafficking, and the woman must report twice a week at the police station in her home area.[1] The operation was supported by the Intervention Unit and dog teams from the Porto Intervention Detachment.[1]
