Two held in pretrial detention with 403 g cannabis in Praia
Judicial police arrested a man and a woman in Achadinha de Baixo, Praia, seizing 403.329 g of cannabis plus cocaine doses and cash. The Praia court ordered both held in pretrial detention in São Martinho prison pending further proceedings.
🇨🇻 Achadinha de Baixo, Praia, Santiago · Cabo Verde
A man and a woman aged 32 to 44 were detained in flagrante delicto by the
Judicial Police in Achadinha de Baixo in Praia.[1]The two were detained on
the afternoon of Friday 19 December during the execution of home
search-and-seizure warrants.[1]Police described both as strongly suspected of
drug trafficking and of conversion and concealment of assets and valuables.[1]After a first judicial interrogation, the Praia district court ordered pretrial
detention for both, the most severe coercive measure.[1]They were to await
further proceedings in São Martinho civil prison.[1]
The operation seized 403.329 grams of cannabis.[1]Officers also seized eleven
individual doses of cocaine ready for sale, plus plastic sachets used to package
drugs.[1]Police also seized 130,403 escudos in cash, a knuckle-duster, mobile
phones, gold artefacts and other items of evidential interest.[1]
The searches were carried out under warrants requested by the Public Prosecutor
and issued by the Praia court’s criminal investigation judge.[2]The Judicial
Police said the operation formed part of inland drug-trafficking enforcement.[2]Police said investigations directed at the detainees continue.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
403.329 g
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (403.329 g)
Activity
Trafficking, Sale
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Balaibalai.cvPTPrisão preventiva para dois indivíduos detidos com mais de 400 gramas de cannabis na Praia
Polícia Judiciáriapj.gov.cvPTPraia – Prisão preventiva para dois detidos pela PJ em Achadinha de Baixo, indiciados por tráfico de droga
Open questions the AI reported
The exact date of the first interrogation and pretrial detention order was not stated separately, so 19 December 2025, the stated arrest date, is used as the incident date.
The eleven cocaine doses were reported without a weight and are mentioned only to explain the mixed case, so no cocaine quantity is recorded in cannabis figures.
The seized 130,403 escudos in cash and other objects are not a drug valuation and are not recorded as a value figure.
No full names were published for the two detainees, only their sexes and an age range of 32 to 44.
No formal trial charge sheet or later outcome beyond pretrial detention was reported.
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Cabo Verde's Judicial Police detained five people, including two Nigerians, in Tarrafal de Santiago on 28 July 2021 on suspicion of drug trafficking. Officers executing eleven searches seized cannabis and cocaine together with cash, scales and other items, and the detainees awaited a first judicial interrogation.
Cape Verde's judicial police detained a 58-year-old man in São Salvador do Mundo, Santiago, seizing 162 kg of cannabis and a firearm. Presented on 1 June 2019, he was ordered held in preventive detention.
