Civil Guard and Portuguese Republican National Guard They dismantled in Portugal the largest criminal network dedicated to the production of drug addicts On the Iberian peninsula in a joint operation in which drugs, weapons, vehicles with high content and cash.
Group Produced “drugs” in North Portugal And then he delivered them to the metropolitan zone of Lisbon to throw them at the mouth of the Tajo River, from where they left the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Mediterranean Sea. Then they collected the drug from other ships to distribute it through southern Spain and Portugal.
“They support drug landing in southern Spain, because, unlike the logistics part, in Spain, criminal forming for illegal trafficking in drugs is not as high as in Portugal,” explains why this is the movement of Carlos Canatario, a representative of the Republican National Guard Portugali.
Between the two countries, 64 people were arrested Which were responsible for collecting and transporting the drug in motor vessels with huge sizes through the south of the peninsula. They left the mouth of Taga and from there began the distribution south of both countries.
In the records they made, Spanish and Portuguese agents They found more than seven tons of hash and 650 kilograms of cocaine Hidden in sports bags and packaging in bales, which will have 36 million euros on the market. Now the authorities have found not only drugs, but also firearms under mattresses. In addition, almost 800,000 euros were seized in cash and 24 high -level vehicles.
“We may have dismantled the most important organization dedicated to logistics and high -speed launch a ship dedicated to the drug trade in North Africa, Southern Spain and Portugal,” says Viktor Astasio, chief commander of the judicial police and information about the civilian Guard.
