Justice minister “expects immediate resignations” from officials cited in PJ corruption swoop
Searches under ‘Operation Pactum’ culminate with 43 ‘official suspects’ Justice minister Rita Júdice, initially taken by surprise by the PJ swoop on public entities yesterday, has since said that she
Portuguese national tries trafficking over €1 million-worth of cocaine into UK in wheelchair
56-year-old arrested at Manchester airport with 12 kilos of cocaine A 56-year-old Portuguese national has been intercepted and detained at Manchester airport with 12 kilos of cocaine hidden in the
Hit-and-run motorcyclist who left child with serious injuries has been ‘identified’
19-year-old without licence to “await trial” in freedom The motorcyclist who fled the scene after mowing down a nine-year-old boy on Sunday evening in Amadora has been identified. He is
Three cyclists, 10-year-old boy, injured in separate hit-and-run incidents near Lisbon
Hit-and-run ‘scourge’ averages one incident per day in Portugal Three cyclists and a 10-year-old boy were injured in two separate hit-and-run incidents in areas around the capital yesterday. Reports cite
Three young men suspected of rape are “influencers” with “already significant following”
Suspects filmed alleged rape and posted images online Three young men suspected of raping a teenager in Loures and sharing images of the rape online are ‘influencers’ with “an already
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