Portuguese businessman was detained in Spain accused of being the “main supplier of super-boats” to organized drug trafficking rings

Portuguese businessman was detained in Spain accused of being the “main supplier of super-boats” to organized drug trafficking rings following a joint effort between Spanish and Portuguese police.An investigation carried out by the Guardia Civil de Pontevedra (Galiza, Spain) and the GNR of Valença (Portugal) resulted in the detention of the man who is believed to have supplied powerful boats which were used to ferry drugs between the Iberian Peninsula and Northern Africa.Four Spanish citizens were also arrested in connection with the investigation.
Identified as Carlos A.P., the Portuguese businessman has a factory in Cerdal, Valença, and is also believed to be involved with supplying vigilance transportation used during the trafficking and its respective distribution.During the year-long investigation the individual, who has no previous criminal convictions, was responsible for producing and supplying 25 vessels.Equipped with four or five engines, the speedboats were designed to travel between Morocco and Barcelona, at high speed, generally carrying up to three tones of hashish.