The Judicial Police, Central area) conducted an operation at the “Boom Festival” taking place in Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, after receiving information from its foreign counterparts,  detained three festival goers, on suspicion of possession of drugs in significant quantities. 

One of the individuals was in possession of 363 ecstasy tablets, 255 seals of LSD, 115 grams of MDMA powder, about 20 doses of hashish and knives. A  26-year-old was subsequently arrested and has a criminal record for drug trafficking in their country of origin. The person will appear before court for application of remand/reporting conditions.