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GNR has claimed for itself a drug seizure in a joint international operation. Later, he admitted that it was the work of the PSP – Actualidade

In a statement released today, and reported by the Lusa agency, GNR reported that the said international operation, which took place in 22 European countries between 12 and 23 October, made it possible to apprehend a total of 1,676 kilograms of drugs, 350 stolen vehicles, 1,000 auto parts, 400,000 cigarettes and detain 41 suspects.

In that message, the GNR also claimed to have been soldiers of the Republican Guard who detained in Portugal “six suspected drug traffickers” and who seized “a ton of hashish and 10 kilos of heroin”.

Hours later, the PSP welcomed the “recognition of FRONTEX for the operational results obtained in Portugal” in the context of the international operation, adding that its agents contributed to “the arrest of six suspected drug traffickers and the seizure of a ton of hashish and 10 kilos of heroin ”.

The GNR then issued an addition to its statement, correcting the initial information and acknowledging that the arrest of the suspects and the seizure of the drug “was carried out by the Public Security Police and not by the Republican National Guard”.

The international operation “Join Action Days Mobile 3”, led by FRONTEX (European Border and Coast Guard Agency), aimed to investigate the theft and contraband of vehicles that occurred in the last month across Europe, the GNR said.

“The operation also made it possible to detain 13 people in different countries for aid to illegal migration and to detect 2,986 migrants who were transported in trailers and in small boats, often stolen, in the Adriatic Sea and also the seizure of more than 600 kilos of hashish, the arrest of 22 suspected drug traffickers and detection of 400,000 illegal cigarettes, ”according to GNR and PSP communiqués.

The operation involved Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain, in addition to Frontex, Europol and INTERPOL.

The operation was coordinated under the umbrella of the European Multidisciplinary Platform against Criminal Threats as part of the EU Political Cycle, a four-year plan for the fight against serious and organized crime, which brings together law enforcement and law enforcement authorities from the Member States. EU members, European agencies and international organizations to jointly strengthen European borders and internal security.

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