Two of the three drug trafficking suspects in Chaves were put in protective custody, according to PSP, which revealed that they seized 630 individual doses of heroin and cocaine.
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30/10/2026
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Lusa
Doz of three arrested for suspected drug trafficking, in Chaves, were in pre-trial detention, announced today the PSP, who said he also seized 630 individual doses of heroin and cocaine.
The Vila Real District Command of PSP reported in a statement that it detained two men, 57 and 39 years old, and one woman, 61, for suspected drug trafficking.
One of the detainees is still indicted for the practice of a prohibited gun arrest crime.
Police explained that, in the context of an investigation conducted in conjunction with the Public Prosecutor's Office, evidence was collected that the suspects were travelling to the city of Porto to acquire narcotics, intended for further marketing.
The suspects were intercepted when they returned to Chaves and, from the personal magazines and the search for the car, resulted in the seizure of 492 individual doses of heroin, 138 individual doses of cocaine, several mobile phones, 40 euros, an extensible stick and an automobile.
The three detainees were convicted and present to the competent judicial authority, and the preventive detention measure was applied to two of them and therefore collected the prison.
The third defendant was applied the measure of coercion of periodic submission obligation at a police post in the area of residence.