Four arrested for facilitating cocaine trafficking at Lisbon airport

A Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested four people suspected of belonging to a criminal cell operating at Lisbon airport to facilitate cocaine trafficking from flights from South America, it was announced today.

The arrest took place in the course of an investigation of about two months from the National Drug Trafficking Unit (UNCTE), says PJ, in a statement, adding that in the framework of investigations, about 117 kilograms of cocaine were seized, three vehicles, about 40,000 euros in cash and other objects relevant to the test.

The detainees were already heard in first judicial interrogation, and the preventive detention measure was applied to them.

The Judiciary points out that the investigation continues, in order to ascertain the extent of the criminal network, to identify other possible actors and determine the fate of the seized drug, with the investigation being titled by the Lisbon Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP).