“Ferrari Trafficker” went on weekends to Spain in a Fiat to take care of cannabis plantation

The ostentation with the flashy Ferrari 488 GTB plotted Bruce T. The authorities began to suspect the origin of their money.

38 -year -old Bruce T., known as the “Ferrari trafficker”, will start being tried this week At the São João Novo Court, in Porto, accused of heading a drug trafficking scheme that extended between Portugal and Galicia.

The Public Prosecution Service (MP) describes it as responsible for the purchase, transportation and distribution of cocaine and cannabis, an activity that will have elapsed at least between 2023 and May 2024.

According to the prosecution, Bruce left Ferrari 488 GTB, valued at 275 thousand euros, in the garage on Fridays and used a discreet type fiat Excuse me to travel to Ourense, Galicia.

Accompanied by the 48 -year -old helper Hélder, he took care of a greenhouse with more than 500 cannabis plants And he returned to Porto with the briefly harvested shorts, as well as cocaine packages purchased from Galician cartels.

Back in Portugal, the defendant’s sister, Catarina, 30, helped him to Prepare, cut and pack the drugswhich were then distributed to intermediaries and consumers considered “VIP”. The activity yielded hundreds of thousands of euros, part of which was kept at the defendant’s mother’s house in Maia.

Despite the caution, which included the use of encrypted messages, contravigilance and discreet cars, Bruce’s ostentation eventually betrayed it.

In September 2023, it was Sent stop in a stop operation in Matosinhoswhen driving Ferrari still with Hungarian enrollment. The luxury vehicle aroused added suspicions and led the authorities to intensify surveillance, denotes the.

The operation of the PSP of Porto, in May 2024, culminated with the detention of the three defendants and the seizure of drugs, 600 thousand euros and several carsincluding Ferrari. The Public Prosecution Service considers Bruce the central figure of a network that supplied neighborhoods such as Pasteleira Nova, Ramalde and the siege.

Interestingly, Bruce had already escaped a previous investigation which resulted in the condemnation of his own father for trafficking. However, this time, the evidence collected, including surveillance and seizures, support the accusation that he led an organized drug supply scheme in Porto.