31-year-old held in Porto with 10 kg of hashish and a loaded pistol
Police in Porto arrested a 31-year-old man suspected of drug trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon, seizing more than 10 kilograms of hashish and a loaded 7.65 mm pistol. The arrest followed an investigation opened in March into a suspected drug-selling point in the Campanhã area, and the man was remanded in preventive detention after his first judicial interrogation.
The Polícia Judiciária (PJ), Portugal’s judiciary police, arrested a 31-year-old
man in Porto on suspicion of drug trafficking and possession of a prohibited
weapon.[1][2]Police said the man was found in possession of more than 10
kilograms of hashish, a small quantity of cocaine and a loaded 7.65 mm pistol,
and offered no resistance.[3][2]
The arrest followed an investigation opened in March into indications of a
drug-selling point in the Campanhã area of Porto.[4][5]The operation was led by
the PJ’s Northern Directorate, and the arrest took place on Thursday afternoon.[1][5]The man was brought before a judge for a first interrogation and the
harshest coercive measure available, preventive detention, was imposed on him.[1][5]
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