The Metropolitan Command of Lisbon of the Public Security Police, in furtherance of its  objectives of crime prevention and tackling illicit crimes in general, in the period between 07:00 p.m. on February 10 and 0700 hrs on February 17, carried out 182 police operations resulting in:

• Detention of 332 citizens for various crimes:
  73 Driving under the influence of alcohol;
  51 For Narcotics Traffic;
  36 By Driving without legal authorization;
  24 By Theft;
  7 For disobedience;
  7 For Resistance and Employee Compensation;
  6 For illegal possession of a weapon;
  8 For Theft;
  3 For pickpocketing;
  3 Illegal immigration;
  93 By Arrest Warrant;
  21 For Other Crimes.
• From the operational activity, it was possible to apprehend the following material:
   40 Weapons:
  14 Shotguns;
  10 blank weapons;
  6 Revolvers;
  4 Weapon of 6.35 mm;
  2 Weapons of 9 mm;
  3 Bats, and
  1 Aerosol defence.
  577 Ammunition.

• Narcotics
  4,766,464 Doses of narcotic product suspected of being Hashish;
  251.70 Doses of narcotic product suspected of being heroin;
  53.85 Doses of narcotic product suspected of being Cocaine;

• Road fatalities:
  Total Accidents: 417;
  The number of dead: 00;
  Number of Serious Injured: 01;
  Number of Light Injured: 130.

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