5 tons of cocaine are confiscated in Portugal
9 January 2008The police of Portugal has confiscated 5 tons of cocaine and has arrested six suspected people during the operation conducted together with law enforcement bodies of the neighbor Spain.
Police representative has informed, the illegal cargo was found on a vessel in the port of Lisbon.
The cargo has arrived from Venezuela and was intended for sending to the north of Spain. Cocaine has been hidden among containers with quick-frozen fish. Among the arrested persons - citizens of Portugal, Spain and Columbia.
It is the second-largest consignment of the cocaine which has been found in Portugal.
The record was set in 2006 when the police found 8 tons of “white death”.
Last years Portugal has turned into a large trans-shipment point for drug transfer from Latin America to Europe. In 2006 police has managed to confiscate over 35 tons of cocaine, about 9 tons of hashish, and also fair quantity of heroin and ecstasy.
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- Mexican narco-baron has got a life sentence
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