Police detain 10 suspected drug traffickers
The police carried out 33 searches for suspected drug trafficking, arrested 10 people and five defendants, and seized 340 doses of various drugs and weapons in an operation in the municipalities of Portimao and Silves, a police source said on 11 March.
The Commissioner Fábio Coelho, of the Criminal Investigation Squad of the Portimão division of the PSP, told Lusa news agency that during the raids, the authorities seized 340 doses of various drugs, money and weapons, and that seven of the detainees will be presented today to the criminal investigation judge for application of possible measures of coercion.
After five hours of interview, Sheppard was arrested and charged with two counts of false pretences and two counts of conspiracy to defraud. He was released on a K3000 (NZ$1170) police bail.
Sheppard was reported by other media to be a former Queensland prosecutor who has lived in Papua New Guinea for more than three decades.
Police did not give any other detail on the charges but the
Post-Courier understands that the investigation and arrest of Sheppard stems from a formal complaint lodged by the Open Member for North Fly Electorate, James Donald, with the Office of the Police Commissioner.