Aljustrel: GNR arrested in flagrante delicto “cultivator” of cannabis.


To try to elude the authorities, an individual, of 40 year old, resident in Ferreira do Alentejo, planted cannabis next to Ribeira do Roxo, in the neighboring municipality of Aljustrel.

However, the military of the Criminal Investigation Center (NIC) of the GNR of that last locality detained the suspect in the act of committing a crime.

Despite more than 2.829 doses e liamba, hashish and cocaine and 29 cannabis plants, and a large amount of money, present on Wednesday to a Criminal Investigation Judge of the Court of Ourique, was subject to weekly presentations at the GNR post of the place where he lives.

Aljustrel's NIC Military Operation, was the conclusion of steps taken over the course of several months, initiated as a result of a popular complaint about the possible existence of suspicious movements that indicated the existence of drug trafficking. Ribeira do Roxo, that in mid-June there was an illegal discharge, It is on the connecting line between the two counties., in a hard-to-reach location ideal for the development of illegal activities.

In possession of the coordinates of the place where the suspect planted cannabis, it was possible for the GNR to “locate and detain the suspect as he was preparing to harvest the cannabis plants”, revealed in a statement the Communication and Public Relations Office of the Territorial Command of Beja.

After the arrest of the cannabis “grower”, the NIC's military carried out nine searches, three home and six non-home in a vehicle and seized, 1.747 doses of cannabis, 1.072 doses of hashish, 10 doses of cocaine, 29 plants and a cannabis seed, 5 hallucinogenic mushrooms, 710 euro cash, nine ammo, two scales and a vehicle, in addition to various material intended for the cultivation and sale of narcotics.

The action was supported by military personnel from the Criminal Investigation Center. (NIC) de Beja and the judicial process will investigate the suspicions that the accused committed the crimes of drug trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon.

Teixeira Correia

(journalist)


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