Detained three Portuguese who trafficked Morocco with an aircraft

The Judicial Police (PJ) detained three men and dismantled a trafficking network that was carrying hashish from Morocco to the Iberian Peninsula using small aircraft. PJ seized 500 kilos of sickful

The National Unit to Combat Trafficking in Streaved reported that this investigation, called “ASES by Ares” and has now led to the detention of three Portuguese ages between 63 and 70, is related to an episode that has led the Portuguese Air Force to intercep a hashish aircraft that landed on a road under construction in the Alcácer do Sal, Setúbal district.

In the composition of this now dismantled network and that the PJ believes it supplied not only Portugal, but also Spain, was seized to avionet and nine non -home and home searches made in the areas of Lisbon, Santarém, Setúbal and Olhão. These are the areas of residence of the suspects of drug trafficking and distribution now seized.

According to the PJ, there is another element of this Spanish criminal group, which is serving a prison sentence in Spain convicted of crimes committed in your country.

The three arrested Portuguese, who will now be heard in court by a criminal instruction judge to apply coercion measures, are indicted for drug trafficking and detention of a banned weapon.

In the context of the investigation that, two years ago, had the collaboration of the Portuguese Air Force, the Republican National Guard, the Spanish Civil Guard and the Gendarmerie Royale of the Kingdom of Marrocco, a cannabis resin (hashish) was now seized for the composition of at least one million individual doses, a vehicle where the seized, diverse material was transported, Communications and navigation, a firearm and diverse documentation.

The investigation continues by the Judicial Police, as part of an inquiry entitled by the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DCIAP).