44-year-old held with 1,548 g hashish in Porto's São Tomé
On 11 February 2026 PSP officers detained a 44-year-old man in Bairro de São Tomé, Paranhos, Porto, seizing 1,548.50 g of hashish resin equated to 3,097 individual doses. After appearing before the judicial authorities he was released under identity and residence terms.
On the morning of 11 February, officers of the PSP’s 3rd Police Division carried
out an operation in Bairro de São Tomé in Paranhos, Porto.[1]The operation
ended with the detention of a 44-year-old man and the seizure of drugs stored in
a private residence.[1]
A home search found that the suspect held a stock described as enough to supply
the local illicit market for an extended period.[1]Officers seized 1,548.50
grams of hashish, identified as cannabis resin, equated in the report to 3,097
individual doses.[1]The amount was described as more than one and a half
kilos of drugs, well above the personal-consumption threshold.[1]
After being brought before the judicial authorities, the detainee was released.[1]He was placed under Termo de Identidade e Residência, described as the most
basic coercive measure in the Portuguese Code of Criminal Procedure.[1]The
measure requires him to declare his residence and to report any change of
address lasting more than five days to the court.[1]It also requires him to
appear before the authorities whenever summoned.[1]
Case data
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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.
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.
