“Manel da Guta” as it is known in the drug world, It was on Friday sentenced to 5 years and 3 months in prison for a crime of drug trafficking, after receiving a package with cannabis.
On 27 April 2023, when I was serving an effective imprisonment of 2 years and 10 months, for the practice of a crime of qualified theft in the attempted form, transit in final in September 2022, received a package with 19,094 grams of cannabis that had been shot from abroad. The prisoner hid the package in underwear, but was caught by a prison guard who saw him collect the package.
Manuel Porta Nova Nobre, of 58 year old, natural of Ferreira do Alentejo, now is a penalty of 9 years in prison, also for a crime of drug trafficking, to which this new conviction will be gathered.
In reading the judgment, the president of the Beja Court Judges justified that the defendant acknowledged that “he received the package with the drug and kept him”, reminding you that you have a child with two. “I feel like I'm here wasting my time, But if it is not for yourself think about your son and change your life ”, justified the magistrate.
The prisoner will be subject to a new judgment for the application of the legal cumulus of the two penalties (9 years and more 5 years and 3 months) Both crime hair of drug trafficking and repeat offenders.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
