17/05/2007 00:00:00
Portugal: Two Brits held, 5 tons of cannabis seized by police
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LISBON - Portuguese authorities seized five tons of hashish and arrested
three people on suspicion of drug smuggling, officials said Wednesday.
Police arrested two British national and one Irish national suspected of
forming part of an international drug smuggling operation, police said
in a statement.
The arrests were made in the region around Almodovar in south Portugal
on Monday following several months of surveillance, the statement said.
The suspects, who were all residents of Malaga in southern Spain, were
handed over to judicial authorities, the statement said.
Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=12560
Author:
Expatica via UKCIA
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