Odemira: Zambujeira dealers network of doomed Sea.
The three members of a drug trafficking network that operated in Zambujeira do Mar, county of Odemira, It was last bound to 22 years in prison before the Court of Beja. One of the defendants saw the penalty be suspended for five years and left in freedom.
Twenty-two years in prison was the total of penalties yesterday (Tuesday) Collective by the Court of Beja, the three men, aged between 49 and 59 year old, convicted in co-authorship of drug trafficking crime, and one of the defendants was also accused of prohibited weapon detention crime.
Having confessed the facts and "have helped to establish the truth", as the judge said Ana Batista, the oldest of the defendants saw the sentence of five years to be suspended for the same period.
José Rocha, a Cape Verdean citizen, 50 year old, resident in Fine (Sintra), it has met penalty 11 years in prison for the same crime, that supplied cocaine, hashish and ecstasy, other defendants were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Luis Silva, 49 year old, unemployed, known as "Hayata", residing in the locality Zambujeira do Mar, in Odemira, because it was described as the person who "most benefited with the business", He was sentenced to 7 years in prison
Jorge Lopes, 59 year old, fisherman, aka the "Bream", also resident in that tourist area of ​​Southwest Alentejo, He was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for drug trafficking and 1 year for possession of prohibited weapon. However it benefited confession and heard the magistrate said that the Collective "will give you an opportunity because we believe it was a mistake in your life. If you fail, I have no problem send him to jail ", justifying the height of 5 year old, which led to the ena were suspended, eventually go free.
The arrest of the trio took place on 23 May 2017, a municipal road, near Porto Covo (Sines), when the GNR surprised José Rocha and Luis Silva, at the time they were preparing another transaction. The supplier were seized 50 grams of cocaine, in a high state of purity, and the buyer 2.020 euro banknotes.
On the afternoon of that day were made house searches and non domiciliary in Zambujeira do Mar and the defendants "Hayata" and "Bream", They were seized 32 Long of esctasy, 2,65 grams of cannabis, 14,212 grams of MDMA, six seeds of cannabis, 3.120 euro banknotes, a shotgun and 144 cartuxos gauge 12, three vehicles, a dozen mobile phones, two scales and many articles for drug trafficking.
The drug, the money, the gun and the cartridges were forfeited to the state while the rest of the property was returned to its owners.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
