At issue is a drug trafficking network that operated in Greater Lisbon led by Nuno Santos, nicknamed the “Uber of drugs”. Nuno Santos was sentenced to five years and six months in prison.
The names of actors José Carlos Pereira and Marta Gil, as well as Olympic judoka Jorge Fonseca, appear associated with telephone tapping carried out as part of the police investigation that dismantled a drug trafficking network in Greater Lisbon, led by Nuno Santos, known by authorities as the “Uber yes drugs”.
The information was provided by and is the result of a process that followed an alleged drug distribution operation aimed at a diverse portfolio of clients.
According to the court ruling, the network regularly supplied consumers with various professional sectorsincluding businesspeople, doctors, actors, athletes, computer engineers, TAP employees and participants in reality television shows such as Big Brother and Married at First Sight.
The investigation culminated in November 2024 with house searches that allowed authorities to seize hundreds of MDMA pillsas well as amounts of LSD, cocaine, ketamine and 2C-B. Materials used to package the drugs and several thousand euros in cash were also found.
Among the names mentioned in the process is that of the actor José Carlos Pereiraidentified in telephone interceptions with the main accused. The actor ended up being exempt from giving testimony in court.
Already Marta Gil was called to give a statement and rejected any involvement in purchasing drugs from the accused. The actress stated that she was unaware of any trafficking activity on the part of Nuno Santos, of whom I had been friends for about three years. In testimony, he admitted to having consumed hashish only occasionally in the past and explained that the expression “that classic”, used in a telephone conversation with the accused, did not refer to illicit substances, but to a way of asking for support to “let off steam”.
The name of Jorge Fonseca it arose in a conversation between one of the network’s alleged collaborators and another participant. According to the athlete’s lawyer, the judoka never consumed any psychotropic substance and gave up on an ecstasy purchase after reconsidering the decision.
At the end of May, Nuno Santos was sentenced to five years and six months in prison effective for its role in the operation. The alleged right-hand man of the network received a suspended sentence of four years and six months, while the mother of the main defendant was sentenced to four years and three months in prison, also suspended. Nuno Santos’ companion ended up acquitted due to insufficient evidence.
