Drug trafficker arrested in Gondomar leaving wedding to serve prison sentence
A 23-year-old man was arrested by the PSP in Gondomar after leaving a family wedding to serve a four-year and nine-month prison sentence for drug trafficking.
Arrested leaving wedding to serve sentence for trafficking
A 23-year-old man was arrested by the PSP in Gondomar to serve a prison sentence of four years and nine months for drug trafficking in a case initiated in 2024, the authority announced on Wednesday.
According to policiajudiciaria.pt, the arrest took place at the exit of the notarial registry office in Gondomar, where the defendant had attended the wedding of a family member. The authorities conducted surveillance of the event and waited for the end of the ceremony before carrying out the arrest. The detainee was taken to Porto Prison without incident.
The operation that led to the case dates back to 2024, when four men, aged between 21 and 46, were arrested in the act of committing a crime on Rua Doutor Nuno Pinheiro Torres in Gondomar, a location where drug trafficking was occurring that caused great insecurity among residents.
The residential searches carried out following the arrest resulted in the seizure of drugs, a substantial sum of money and other objects, considered irrefutable evidence. The four men were constituted as defendants and were subject to a Term of Identity and Residence.
The PSP did not indicate the date when the sentence became known or whether the trial took place in the presence of the defendants. The arrest was conducted by the Gondomar Police Division, through the Police Inspection Brigade and the Investigation and Police Inspection Squad.
Source: Google News PT — Crime (pt)