Crew Member Arrested in Five-Tonne Cocaine Bust in Sines Found Dead in Cell
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The alleged drug dealer was alone in the cell of the Judicial Police Prison Establishment. He was one of three men detained in the offshore operation who caught a ship with 5 tons of cocaine. Portuguese authorities seized about 28 tons of cocaine since the beginning of 2026, three more than in the whole year of 2025.
One of the three detainees in Operation "Skydrop", which led to the seizure of five tons of cocaine in Sines, was found dead in the PJ prison in Lisbon.
The foreign citizen was found dead on the morning of Wednesday in a prison cell attached to the PJ in Lisbon, where he was alone.
It operates the PJ, which also counted with elements of the Marine Special Forces, allowed to seize five tons of coca in.
One of the three detainees in Operation SkyDrop, which led to the seizure of five tons of cocaine off Sines, was found dead in the jail cell attached to the Judicial Police in Lisbon. Prison Services opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the death
One of the men arrested in the operation Skydrop , who led the Judicial Police (PJ) to apprehend a container ship with five tons of cocaine in Sines, was found dead this morning in jail. The suspect was alone in a prison facility cell near the PJ in Lisbon.
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