Interior Minister Luís Neves drives car seized from Portugal's largest drug trafficker
The Volkswagen Golf GTD assigned to the Interior Minister belonged to Rúben Oliveira, known as 'Xuxa'. The assignment of the vehicle may be illegal.
Portuguese minister uses vehicle confiscated from drug trafficker 'Xuxa'
Google News PT — Crime reports that the car assigned to the Interior Minister, Luís Neves, belonged to Rúben Oliveira, considered Portugal's largest drug trafficker.
The vehicle in question is a Volkswagen Golf GTD, seized as part of criminal proceedings that resulted in the detention of 'Xuxa', who has been in the high-security prison of Monsanto in Lisbon for more than four years, according to information released by TVI.
The vehicle was initially assigned to Luís Neves when he was still serving as director of the Judicial Police. When he moved to the Government, Neves requested that the vehicle be kept for his use.
The assignment of the seized car to a convicted defendant for use by a government official raises legal questions: according to the Jornal de Negócios, the assignment may be illegal.
The case was revealed by Correio da Manhã.
Source: Google News PT — Crime (pt)