An inmate at the Beja Prison EPBeja), was sentenced on Thursday to 6 years in prison for an aggravated drug trafficking crime.
The defendant is serving a prison sentence of 6 years and 9 months for two counts of robbery.
On 15 May 2022, around 2:40 p.m., João Guerreiro, of 28 year old, native of Santa Luzia, municipality of Ourique, was in the courtyard of Wing B of EPBeja, When someone in your relationship sends two packages containing enough cannabis to almost 100 individual doses.
The individual was alone in the courtyard and immediately hid the packages among his clothes., just not mentioning that he was being observed by a prison guard who searched him and confiscated the narcotic product.
In the first and very short session of the trial, the defendant remained silent, don't deny the only witness, the prison guard who took the narcotic product from him, final arguments were also made.
João Guerreiro will be subject to a new trial to enforce the legal cumulation of the two sentences, which in total add up 12 years and 9 months, and which should be less than ten years in prison.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
