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GNR Criminal Investigation Center conducts three-month investigation to seize two cannabis plants

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The Territorial Command of the National Republican Guard (GNR) in Faro arrested a 50-year-old man for growing cannabis. In a press release, the GNR said that the arrest took place “following an investigation into drug trafficking that took place for about three months at the Criminal Investigation Nucleus (NIC) in Tavira”, having seized two cannabis plants and several heads of cannabis in the drying phase.

According to a statement from the GNR, the arrest of the 50-year-old man took place “in the act” on 10 November, in Vila Nova de Cacela, in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, in the Algarve. “Following an investigation into drug trafficking that had been going on for about three months, the Guard's military carried out a house search warrant, having seized two cannabis plants and several cannabis heads in the drying phase”, it can read. up in the same press release.

The detainee was made an arguido and the facts were sent to the Judicial Court of Faro.

Portugal decriminalized the possession and use of all drugs in 2001, but the purchase, sale and cultivation of cannabis continue to be punishable by law, with hundreds of arrests for small-quantity consumption ending up as court cases for “trafficking of narcotics”. Detainees are rarely actually arrested, being released after being presented to a judge, which represents administrative costs for the State. The GNR makes arrests for possession or cultivation of cannabis in Portugal practically every day.

 

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