Seizure26 June 2024verifiedCET-F2VN0Z

Timor-Leste's drug police still send samples to Portugal for confirmatory testing

The scientific police said they lacked staff and equipment to confirm whether seized material was a controlled drug, so samples went to Portugal's judicial police and results took about two weeks. They described initial testing in Dili and a 2022 cannabis case that was still in court. The statement points to the laboratory gap the 2012 UN assessment had already identified.

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The scientific police said they lacked staff and equipment to confirm whether seized material was a controlled drug, so samples went to Portugal’s judicial police and results took about two weeks. They described initial testing in Dili and a 2022 cannabis case that was still in court. The statement points to the laboratory gap the 2012 UN assessment had already identified.^[1]

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«PCIC sei menus rekursu umanu no fasilidade ba teste droga», 26 June 2024. TATOLI. Interview with Inspector Chief Mário Tavares.

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