Cape Verde’s Judicial Police detained a 33-year-old man in flagrante on Tuesday 3 February on the island of Boa Vista on suspicion of drug trafficking.[1] The force’s Criminal Investigation Department in Boa Vista announced the detention on 5 February as part of drug-trafficking prevention work.[2] The detention occurred on 3 February during routine maritime trafficking prevention and repression checks around Boa Vista.[2]
Police said the man was in transit on a Praia-Sao Vicente sea voyage with a stop in Boa Vista and disembarked at the port of Sal Rei with 1.50 grams of haxixe.[1] A second police account likewise says he was travelling between Praia and Sao Vicente via Boa Vista and landed at Sal Rei port with 1.50 grams of haxixe.[2]
The detainee, a Cape Verdean national, was presented to the Boa Vista judicial authorities on the afternoon of Wednesday 4 February.[1] He was left subject to scheduling of a summary trial.[2] The Boa Vista investigation department said it maintains continuous prevention and repression actions against this type of criminality on the island.[2]
