Escaped prisoner arrested in Algarve
Prisoner had been on the run since 2018 A 45-year-old man with a history of violent crimes who had escaped Castelo Branco prison in the centre of Portugal in 2018
Man arrested for murder of flatmate in Portimão
The two men reportedly argued frequently A 32-year-old Senegalese man has been arrested by PJ criminal police for the murder of his flatmate in Portimão on February 12. In a
Man arrested for ‘enslaving’ shepherd in Albufeira
Victim was frequently physically assaulted PJ police have announced the arrest of a 30-year-old man who is suspected of having ‘enslaved’ another man in Albufeira last October. The suspect is
Four arrested, €25,600 seized in Faro mega operation
Suspected drug dealers will await trial in preventive detention PSP police have announced that four men have been arrested for drug trafficking and around €25,600 have been seized as part
88 arrested in Algarve between Boxing Day and New Year’s Day
GNR arrested 88 people in the Algarve between December 26 and January 1. Most of the arrests were related to driving without a licence (22), followed by 13 arrests for
Drug dealer who escaped police custody in Faro arrested in Spain
Man escaped police after asking to go to restroom A drug dealer who had escaped PJ police custody in Faro in 2021 after asking to go to the restroom has
Five arrested over ‘execution’ of Hells Angel in São Brás de Alportel
Five people have been arrested – four men and one woman, aged between 35 and 48 – over the death of former Hells Angel Rui Silva in São Brás de
Operation Admiral: five principal suspects to remain behind bars
The five principal suspects in Operation Admiral – the pan-European investigation into what has been termed the largest “VAT carousel fraud” ever to have been investigated in the European Union
Woman arrested in Lagos after fleeing Germany with own children
Father is expected to travel to Portugal soon PJ police have arrested a 43-year-old German woman who fled Germany with her two children in August after being ordered by a
Counterfeit money in Portimão; man arrested
A 48-year-old man was arrested by PJ police after being caught red-handed trying to exchange €5,000 in fake American dollar notes at a cash exchange office on Monday in Portimão.