The Judicial Police, have detained a man and two women strongly suspected of drug trafficking over several years, particularly between the Spanish town of Ciudad Rodrigo and Vilar Formoso across the border area.

The Police seized various items relevant to the  criminal activity, as well as some traces of drugs. The investigation has revealed that the group were responsible for importing drugs with weekly sales of more than 500 individual doses of narcotics of various kinds.

The detainees all aged 27 years will now be present to the appropriate judicial authorities, for the first interrogation and application of enforcement measures pending trial. In developing some of the respective operations the Judicial Police collaborated with the GNR Canine Unit.