Terrorist suspect arrested at Lisbon airport
A 29-year-old Dutch-Angolan man believed to be tied to Islamic terrorist groups was arrested at Lisbon’s Portela Airport on Thursday night (July 3) after gaining access to a restricted area
Dramatic arrests in Lisbon catch OAP murderers with “one foot on the plane to Brazil”
PJ police on the trail of heartless killers who murdered an elderly lady in Lisbon and left another for dead have got both men under lock and key. One was
Woman caught trying to smuggle drugs into prison
A 31-year-old Porto woman has been detained by police after being discovered visiting Coimbra jail with 200 doses of hashish in her vagina. The woman was believed to have been
US rapper claims Portuguese police arrested him “for being gay”
Insults || Mykki Blanco, an American rapper and LGBT icon who was arrested on May 19 at Lisbon Airport after verbal conflict with the police authorities, claims he was taken
Drivers arrested
A total of nine motorists were arrested in a nationwide ‘Operation Stop’ centred on commercial drivers last week. Almost 700 fines were given out – 639 for road traffic offences
Rapist arrested
Criminal investigation police (PJ) arrested a man, 37, suspected of having kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Portimão last week. According to a press release, the man is believed to
Trio arrested for human trafficking
Three men believed to be responsible for the latest case of immigrant slavery have been arrested by police in Serpa. The trio, who are being charged with human trafficking, were
Bribe arrest
During a routine police operation this week in Albufeira, in which drivers were randomly stopped and asked to produce their insurance documents and driving licence, a man tried to bribe
Drug squad triumphs
Faro GNR’s Núcleo de Investigação Criminal de Droga, a special drug investigation team unit created a year ago, has already made 56 arrests for alleged drug trafficking and seized around
Criminal finally caught
A spokesperson from Faro Polícia Judiciária revealed that they recently arrested a 32-year-old man, responsible for last year’s armed robberies in Quarteira. One of the man’s victims was a holidaymaker