an individual, of 40 year old, was detained in Mértola with 10.000 doses of cannabis. He was in custody. In less than a month GNR made second detention.
In less than a month, in two operations in Mértola, GNR detained two people and apprehended 22.356 doses of that narcotic, two vehicles and four mobile phones. A woman and a man were remanded in custody, she at Tires Prison and he at Beja.
Yesterday the military of the Almodôvar Research Center of the GNR, with the support of colleagues from the Territorial Post of Mértola, suspected the behavior of a driver who had been driving around the village for a while, on a return journey from Spain. Approached by guards, or individual, of 40 year old, resident in the Lisbon area, demonstrated very nervous behavior, which led to a search of the vehicle and a search of the suspect, having been apprehended 10.056 doses of cannabis. In addition to the narcotic, he was seized the vehicle he was traveling on and three mobile phones.
The individual was present today to an Investigating Judge of the Judicial Court of Beja, preventive detention was applied as a coercive measure..
Spanish, detained drug courier
A woman, a “drug courier”, of 36 year old, resident in Huelva (Spain) was arrested on the day 15 of December, in Mértola, in possession of 12.300 doses of cannabis, that he carried in several garbage bags, inside the trunk of the Audi TT car that drove.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
