Police arrested seven men, from Argentina, Brazil and Guinea, at Lisbon Airport last week after authorities found over 60,000 doses of cocaine

Judiciary Police arrested seven men, from Argentina, Brazil and Guinea, at Lisbon Airport last week after authorities found over 60,000 individual doses of cocaine in their possession.The men were being used as drug ‘mules’ and hid the drugs in their clothes and in secret compartments of their suitcases. Four of them hid the cocaine in their bodies and spent several days in hospital under medical supervision. They were all aged between 26 and 56 years of age and their purpose was to transport cocaine and sell it in Spain, Portugal and Italy.The men had been targeted beforehand in investigations carried out by the Portuguese Drug Enforcement Agency (DCITE), in conjunction with similar foreign agencies and Interpol, and with the cooperation of Immigration Control (SEF) and Customs officials.