Principal suspect in ex-pat murder arrested in AirBnB in Braga
Jonny Smyth suspected of killing fellow countryman John George in Spain last year A high-profile ‘murder mystery’ was brought much closer to closure yesterday when PJ police detained a 26-year-old
Major coup as Portugal seizes ‘narco sub’ carrying 7 tonnes of cocaine
Cocaine would have rendered drug ring over €300 million Portuguese authorities are celebrating a major coup: the seizure of their first ‘narco sub’ (a boat made especially to cross the
Violent crime rises again in Portugal
Number of rapes ‘highest in decade’ Provisional data from the Annual Internal Security Report (RASI) for 2024 shows that violent and serious crime, as well as juvenile delinquency, has risen
One dead, two seriously injured, in stabbing in Óbidos
32-year-old foreign national in police custody A 32-year-old man killed a 72-year-old man in the early hours of this morning in a house in Óbidos, in the district of Leiria.
Police detain suspect wanted in China for alleged bribery in sports
Suspect could face 10-year jail term in China Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) have detained a 57-year-old foreign national in the Aveiro area who is wanted by authorities in China on
Three armed men arrested over weekend in Portimão, Olhão
One had revolver with rounds of ammo ‘ready to fire’ Algarve police arrested three young men over the weekend, all of them for carrying illegal weapons. The arrests began on
PJ police on trail of Brazilian diving crew that recovers cocaine attached to ships’ hulls
Crew’s leader arrested in joint police operation Portugal’s PJ police are on the trail of a diving team whose job it is to remove canisters of cocaine attached to ships’
Young woman doused in alcohol and set alight in Setúbal
Victim being treated in hospital A young woman, described as “around 20 years old”, was doused in alcohol and burnt in an abandoned property in Setúbal last night. The victim
Victim narrowly escapes being shot in head following Sintra mugging
Armed mugger shoots victim’s ear One of three young people mugged in a street in Cacém, within the borough of Sintra, earlier this week narrowly escaped being shot in the
PSP Carnival Operation resulted in 723 arrests
Forty-three firearms and 24,100 doses of drugs were seized during the eight-day operation. The Public Security Police (PSP) revealed in a statement that during the eight days of the “Carnival in Safety 2025”