12 held across Porto and Gaia with 694 doses of hashish seized
Porto Metropolitan Command officers of the PSP detained 12 people and identified three others during anti-drug operations across Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia between 1 and 8 November 2026. Police seized 694 daily doses of hashish alongside cocaine, heroin and 713.78 euros in cash.
Officers from the Porto Metropolitan Command of the Public Security Police
arrested 12 people and identified three other suspects during anti-trafficking
operations between 1 and 8 November 2026.[1]The operations were conducted in
areas mapped by police as active drug-selling spots in Porto and Vila Nova de
Gaia.[2]In one overnight arrest in Mafamude, officers detained a 26-year-old
man caught in flagrante at 1:55 a.m. on 6 November with 107 daily doses of
hashish and 30 euros.[2]
Across all interventions, police seized 694 daily doses of hashish, 308 doses of
cocaine and 83 doses of heroin.[2]Officers also confiscated713.78 euros in
cash believed to be proceeds of illegal drug sales.[2]
The 26-year-old detained in Mafamude was released under an identity and
residence term while the criminal inquiry continued.[2]Police said the
operations aimed to curb urban drug sales and address community concerns
regarding public safety.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
12
Cash confiscated
EUR 713.8
Agency
Public Security Police (PSP)
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Sale, Trafficking
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
drug trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Force
No force reported
Operation
1 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2026
Region
Porto
Sources
A Verdadeaverdade.comPTPorto e Gaia: PSP detém 12 pessoas e apreende mais de mil doses de droga em operações de fiscalização
O Gaienseogaiense.ptPTA Divisão Policial de Gaia deteve homem por tráfico de estupefacientes em Mafamude
Open questions the AI reported
No weight in grams or kilograms was published for the 694 doses of hashish, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
The seized cocaine and heroin are recorded in the text to describe the operation but their doses are excluded from cannabis figures.
No individual names, charges or court decisions were reported for the other 11 detainees beyond referral to judicial authorities.
PSP officers detained a 19-year-old man in Vila Franca de Xira on 10 November 2026 after a patrol in Bom Retiro found 34.88 individual doses of hashish on him. A search of a storage room he used turned up eight more slabs, equated to 1,571.72 doses, for a total of about 1,616 doses.
Judicial Police officers detained two men at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado airport after finding 34 kg of cannabis leaves in luggage arriving from Southeast Asia. Both were placed in pretrial detention while the investigation into the trafficking network continues under Lisbon’s DIAP.
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.
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.
