A British citizen, native of Portsmouth, of 35 year old, having as his last residence the Armação de Pêra Campsite, Silves, was tried yesterday in the Court of Beja, Hair crime of drug trafficking.
Christopher Humphreys, did not appear at trial, a session that lasted 15 minutes, closing arguments included, with the defense lawyer justifying to the Panel of Judges that she was unaware of her client's whereabouts, situation that led to an arrest warrant not being issued to be taken to court.
Inspectors of the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Board, in transit to the Algarve, stopped at the Grândola Service Area of the Motorway 2 (A2) and noticed the strange attitude that the man presented, decided to follow the suspect.
“The first strange fact was that the car had Spanish registration and the steering wheel was on the right.. We followed the car and objects were thrown out the window., ending up ordering the individual to be stopped outside of A” and detecting the drugs” a PJ inspector said in court.
Christopher Humphreys' follow-up took place on the afternoon of 23 June 2022, the individual left at the Aljustrel tolls, heading towards Santigo da Cacém, having been caught 41 plastic bags containing 410,4 grams of cannabis, enough for 787 individual doses.
Beyond cannabis, the citizen of the United Kingdom, had synthetic drugs in his possession, namely 332,381 grams of ALFA-PHP and 3,070 grams of Mephedrone, Besides 110 packaging intended for the packaging and individualization of narcotic products, a vacuum sealing machine and two packaging rolls for said machine.
The reading of the ruling was scheduled for 14,00 hours of tomorrow (Wednesday) the Court of Beja, the Public Prosecutor's Office requested the conviction of the accused.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
