Teacher arrested for alleged rape of teen girl inside Vila Real de Santo António school
A 55-year-old teacher has been arrested for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl inside a school in Vila Real de Santo António, PJ police have announced. The man was
Drunk-driver to serve six-year sentence for running over 13 people in Praia da Rocha
A 30-year-old man has been arrested to serve a six-year jail sentence for having driven straight into a crowd of late-night revellers in Praia da Rocha, Portimão in July 2015,
Police arrest man, 67, suspected of sexually abusing eight-year-old
A 67-year-old man has been arrested in Portimão under “strong suspicions” of having sexually abused an eight-year-old girl. The crime is believed to have happened at the end of 2019
UPDATE: Man remanded in custody for murder of woman inside Faro hairdresser
A 43-year-old man will await trial in prison on suspicion of the murder of a 68-year-old woman inside a hairdresser in Faro in November, the Public Prosecutor’s Office announced on
Historic Galician ‘anarchist’ on run from 30-year jail term finally captured in Portugal
PJ counter-terrorism police have announced the capture of one of Spanish Galicia’s ‘legendary anarchists’, Gabriel Pombo da Silva – a 52-year-old who has already spent over 30 years of his
British woman rescued from kidnapper after leaving SOS note at Faro Burger King
A 35-year-old man has been arrested in the Algarve for the rape and kidnaps of two women – one of them a British woman who was rescued after leaving an
Portuguese-French national wanted in France arrested in Algarve
A Portuguese-French national was arrested by PJ criminal police on Monday (October 21) in the Algarve on a European Arrest Warrant. The man, 46, had been sentenced to 18 months
Suspected fire-starter arrested in Faro
A 26-year-old man has been arrested and is described as the prime suspect of a string of fires that destroyed three cars, two motorbikes and an ‘ecoponto’ (recycling bin) in
Public officials among 20 arrested in massive police crackdown on ‘mafia of illegal immigration’
Various public officials – some high ranking – have been arrested today in a massive police crackdown on what is dubbed ‘a mafia of illegal immigration’. Among those detained are
Police arrest man suspected of raping Polish tourist in Albufeira
PJ police have arrested a 44-year-old man suspected of raping an 18-year-old Polish woman in Albufeira last week. The man was tracked down on Saturday, June 29 in the Lisbon