In a scene worthy of the CSI series:miami, a plane dropped two packs of drugs in the middle of the A26, that were collected by henchmen who had a vehicle prepared on the highway. Pursued by the GNR, they abandoned the vehicle and the cargo.
A plane dropped two packs of drugs yesterday afternoon on the A26, on the connection between the A2-Grândola Sul junction and the Malhada Velha roundabout, in Ferreira do Alentejo county, the north / south direction. The place where the “merchandise†was dropped is a long straight, with little vegetation which allows the aircraft to fly low.
Stop on the side of the A26, there was a car, with an undetermined number of individuals waiting for the “unloading of the goodsâ€, having a driver passing by realized that the dumping of bales was an illegal action and alerted the authorities.
little past of 14,00 hours when the GNR received the communication, and immediately mobilized various means from the Transit and Territorial Stations of Grândola, Beja Traffic Detachment, Ferreira do Alentejo Territorial Post and Criminal Investigation teams from the Setúbal and Beja Commands, to catch drug recipients.
As it was possible to find out from Lidador NotÃcias, the car with the drug left the A26, joined the EN 259 no sense north, towards Grândola and accessing the A2-Grândola Sul junction, then heading south, peel EN 261/IC1. feeling hounded, the individuals entered Azinheira dos Barros and then took the dirt roads, ending up abandoning the car and the drug next to a ruined hill, and putting himself to flight on foot.
The case was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Police. (PJ), who is on the ground looking for the fugitives who are at large, the scientific police having analyzed the traces on the vehicle and on the bales, to identify the suspects.
This is the first time that drug dealers dump drugs on the highway using a plane.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
