Drug trafficking, homicides: six suspects detained in Cape Verde
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Expresso das Ilhas
Cape Verdean judicial police arrested several suspects between 2 and 7 November for international drug trafficking, homicide and violence, with six placed in pre-trial detention. In Sal, one suspect was carrying 1,213 grams of cocaine in 94 pellets, according to Expresso das Ilhas.
The Judicial Police (PJ) of Cape Verde carried out several operations between 2 and 7 November on the islands of Sal and Santiago, resulting in arrests for international drug trafficking, homicide, gender-based violence and aggravated violence involving a firearm. Six suspects were placed in pre-trial detention, reports Expresso das Ilhas.
In Sal, two men aged 26 and 18, of Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean nationalities, were arrested on 2 November at Amílcar Cabral International Airport after arriving from Dakar. The PJ seized cocaine concealed in their bodies and shoes; the 26-year-old suspect was carrying 94 pellets weighing 1,213 grams and was placed in pre-trial detention, according to Expresso das Ilhas.
In Praia, a 67-year-old man was arrested on 4 November and placed in pre-trial detention over the alleged homicide of his wife. On 5 November, two 25-year-old men were in turn arrested as part of homicide investigations, one of which concerns the death of a 28-year-old woman in Achada Eugénio Lima, reports Expresso das Ilhas.
