Portugal has seized records amount of cocaine from South America in recent months, underscoring how the country is regaining its place as a significant drug entry point and transit hub.
From January to mid-August 2022, Portugal has intercepted over 14 tons of cocaine, with a street value of around 700 million euros, according to an interview by newspaper Diario de Noticias with Artur Vaz, head of Portugal’s National Unit for the Fight Against Drug Trafficking (Unidade Nacional de Combate ao Tráfico de Estupefacientes).
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From 2018 to 2020, Portugal was either in fifth or sixth place in Europe
in terms of cocaine seizures. And 12.5 tons of cocaine were already
seized from January to June 2022. That is an increase of over 20 percent
from the total amount seized in 2021.
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