Judiciary Police arrested three men in possession of 5.1 kilos of cocaine at Lisbon Airport on Friday 12th September. They are suspected of being involved in a major drug smuggling operation.The men were returning from Brazil when they were intercepted by Judiciary Police at Lisbon Airport with around 51,000 doses of the substance. Aged between 29 and 35 years old, they had been under investigation for over a month as they were suspected of dealing cocaine in several areas of Western Lisbon. Investigations are continuing to discover where the drugs originated from and how many people are involved in the drug smuggling operation.
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