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Preventive detention for arrested person with 2,786 doses of heroin in São MiguelPhoto by Bombeiros MT on Pexels
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Preventive detention for arrested person with 2,786 doses of heroin in São Miguel

jornalacores9.pt4 September 2026 at 17:29

A 42-year-old man was arrested in flagrante delicto by the Public Security Police (PSP) of the Azores in the municipality of Lagoa, on the island of São Miguel. The arrest occurred when the individual was caught in possession of 2,786 individual doses of heroin.

The case was announced by the Regional Command of the PSP of the Azores, which did not specify the date of the arrest. After being presented to the judicial authorities, the man was placed in preventive detention.

The amount of drug seized is considered significant by the authorities, representing a high number of individual doses of heroin. The man will now face the judicial process related to drug trafficking crimes.

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