It is the PSP’s biggest operation ever against drug trafficking. The investigation led to the seizure of six tons of hashish, but it is causing discomfort among the Judiciary Police. At issue will be a law that is already 30 years old.
There is a wall of silence, on the part of the PJ, regarding the current investigation by the Public Ministry coordinated by the 1st section of DIAP in Lisbon, but from what SIC found, the PJ states in a closed cycle that the PSP did not respect a law that is already 30 years old.
This will be decree 81/95, which assigns the PJ’s National Unit to Combat Drug Trafficking reserved competence to investigate drug trafficking crimes of this magnitude.
PJ only found out through the media
In a warehouse in Seixal, originating in North Africa, but according to information that SIC obtained, the Judiciary will only have been aware of this heightened apprehension through social media.
Contacted by SIC, the PSP denies alleged coordination failures between the two police forces. He assures that he has fully complied with everything that is registered under the same decree-law, and even says that he gave the PJ prior knowledge of the names of the leaders of the criminal network under investigation eight months ago.
Suspects in pre-trial detention
There are seven suspects, one of whom is a foreigner, arrested in flagrante delicto this weekend when they were unloading merchandise in warehouses next to a WWTP in Seixal. Two speedboats and hundreds of thousands of euros.
This Monday, the suspects were taken to their first judicial interrogation. . At least four of the seven suspects have already promised to appeal the decision.
