Police arrest suspected drug dealer in São Brás
GNR police have arrested a 32-year-old man who cultivated an elaborate cannabis plantation in his São Brás de Alportel home. The man was caught during a routine police ‘operation stop’
Teen car thieves arrested in Portimão after stealing BMW
Two 18-year-olds have been arrested after stealing an expensive BMW from an apartment building garage in Alvor. The young men were caught driving the car into Portimão on Tuesday afternoon
Drunk 22-year-olds arrested for damaging cars in Portimão
Two 22-year-olds were arrested for breaking the rearview mirrors of four cars on Portimão’s Rua Cidade de Damão in the early hours of this Friday morning (March 4). PSP police
GNR police arrest nine thieves in Albufeira
This week was a busy one for Albufeira’s GNR police who arrested nine people for thefts in just five days. The latest arrests happened in the early hours of Thursday
Phone thief arrested after hiding in train toilet
A 25-year-old man was arrested by PSP police on Saturday afternoon (November 21) after refusing to pay his taxi fare and stealing the taxi driver’s mobile phone. The man was
Four youths arrested in Faro after violent double-attack on 17-year-old
Four youths were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning in Faro after twice attacking a 17-year-old – the second time in the “baixa” district. What appears to have
Police catch up with armed Loulé kidnap trio
PJ police have at last had some success with investigations into a double-kidnapping in Loulé last year, in which both victims were badly beaten and trussed up in a car
Portuguese truckie detained with 15 Iraqis in refrigeration chamber
A Portuguese truck driver has been found carrying 15 Iraqis in the back of his refrigerated vehicle. The immigrants – all of them men – were discovered “almost dead” with
Albufeira gravedigger arrested for “burglary”
A gravedigger who has already served an eight-year jail sentence for theft ran into trouble with the law again on Monday (October 19) when he was arrested shortly after a
Man arrested after threatening to blow-up Loures apartment building
Police foiled a tense situation in Camarate, Loures this morning after a 50-year-old man barricaded himself inside a property in Quinta das Mós, threatening to blow up the building with