Five arrested for drug trafficking in Porto. Group had been operating for two years

 

The group drew up “daily delivery routes” and passed through “pre-established locations”, which they referred to “their buyers through communication platforms”.

Five people – four men and one woman, aged between 41 and 59 – were arrested during an operation by the Public Security Police on suspicion of drug trafficking in several municipalities in the Porto Metropolitan Area.

In a statement sent to newsrooms this Sunday, the authority explained that Operation Toking “focused on an investigation into a drug trafficking network that had been supplying the municipalities of Gondomar, Maia, Porto and Valongo for approximately two years”.

The group plotted “daily delivery routes” and passed through “pre-established locations”, which they referred to “their buyers through communication platforms”. “In some cases, more than 60 daily deliveries were identified”, indicated the PSP.

The operation began last Monday, December 9, and lasted “a few days”, culminating in nine house searches and one non-house search.

It was possible to seize approximately 260 doses of narcotics, including cocaine, heroin and hashish, 4,200 euros in cash and three vehicles, in addition to various material associated with criminal activity.

Three of the suspects were subject to the coercive measure of house arrest, while the rest were subject to periodic presentations at the police station in their area of ​​residence.