Two arrested and over 5,000 doses of heroin seized in the Algarve
The detainees are a 38-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man. The National Republican Guard (GNR) arrested two people for drug trafficking, in the municipalities of Loulé and Olhão, Faro district. In a statement, the GNR explains that the detainees are a woman and a man, aged 38 and 40 respectively. An investigation into drug trafficking […]
Suspect arrested for trying to kill three men in Porto
On Wednesday, the Polícia Judiciária arrested a 49-year-old man suspected of trying to fatally run over three men outside a nightclub in Porto, the police said today. According to the investigating police, the events “took place near a nightclub in the early hours of last Friday”, caused by the fact that the man had been […]
Guinea-Bissau prosecutor arrested in Lisbon for alleged drug trafficking
A Guinea-Bissau prosecutor was arrested for alleged drug trafficking on arrival in Lisbon on a flight from Bissau, the country’s Public Prosecutor’s Office announced today in a statement sent to Lusa. The Public Relations Office of the Guinea-Bissau Public Prosecutor’s Office does not cite the name of the person concerned, but only says that it […]
Man robbed and violently assaulted on the island of São Miguel
The suspect is only 22 years old. After passing the victim, whom he didn’t know, he put a bag over his head and attacked him. All to take money and a cell phone. A22-year-oldmanwasarrested in the city of Ponta Delgada, on the Azorean island of São Miguel, on suspicion of a crime of violent robbery, […]
PSP detains five men and seizes almost 370 kilos of hashish
The PSP arrested five men for drug trafficking and seized almost 370 kilos of hashish in the Lisbon and Algarve areas as part of an investigation that had been going on for around a year, the police told Lusa today. According tothe PSP’s Lisbon Metropolitan Command, the arrests of the five men, aged between 25 […]
Man arrested on suspicion of child pornography in Madeira
A 34-year-old man was arrested in Madeira on suspicion of committing the crime of child pornography, the Judicial Police (PJ) said today. The note states that the man was arrested in flagrante delicto and that “hundreds of image and video files compatible with child pornography content were seized from the computer equipment used by the […]
Drug trafficking and money laundering network dismantled in Portugal and Spain
An international criminal network of drug trafficking and money laundering, active for eight years in the European Union and South America, has been dismantled in Portugal and Spain and 20 suspects arrested, the Judicial Police (PJ) said today. Operation Montana was the result of cooperation between the Spanish and Portuguese police authorities, coordinated by Europol, […]
Man arrested after armed robbery in Oeiras
A man armed with a gun entered a bank on Av. dos Bombeiros Voluntários, in Oeiras, Lisbon district, and stole around 30,000 euros, after which he was arrested by the PSP. Speaking to Lusa, the commander of the Miraflores PSP station, Beatriz Carneiro, said that the authorities had received an alert, via 112, at around […]
12-year-olds identified as drug couriers
Under-12s suspected of being part of criminal groups are often used as couriers for drugs or money, but there are also others who are dedicated to robbing young people of the same age, according to the PSP. The final report of the commission that analyzed juvenile delinquency, released recently, states that in the first 10 […]