Problems between neighbours leads police to illegal arsenal
A fall-out between neighbours in Loures (Greater Lisbon area) led PSP to arrest a 49-year-old man over Christmas after three machetes, a spear, a ‘butterfly’ knife, and two airguns were
One dead after “family argument in Viseu’s Palácio de Gelo ends with gunshots
Suspected shooter still believed to be ‘on the run’ One woman has died, and two other people (a man and a woman) are being treated in hospital after what has
Another shoot-out in Cova da Moura, Amadora
Three men suffer ‘serious injuries’ Three men suffered serious injuries yesterday in “yet another episode of violent crime in the neighbourhood of Cova da Moura, Amadora”. Tabloid Correio da Manhã
Judicial ‘slip up’ leaves rapist free to pursue his victim
João Djaló, brother of Porto footballer Tiago, finally back behind bars A judicial slip up left ‘career criminal’ João Djaló, free to pursue his terrified victim, to the extent that
Over 30 arrests as police smash international drug trafficking network into Portugal and Spain
Hundreds of kilos of cocaine and hashish seized Spain’s Guardia Civil has dismantled an international network that introduced “large quantities” of cocaine and hashish from Latin America and West Africa
New police operation in Lisbon: ‘suspected counterfeit material’ seized; two illegal immigrants indentified
A new police operation in another problematic area of Lisbon (Largo de São Domingos) seized several materials suspected of being counterfeit yesterday and raised 22 reports of administrative offences. In
Lisbon jewellery shop robbed for 12th time…
A masked man armed with a pistol robbed the Bim Bam jewellery shop on Estrada de Benfica, Lisboa, yesterday morning, managing to make his getaway with ‘various items of jewellery’
Man arrested in Vila Real de Santo António after threatening police with knife
Officer was able to disarm man using a police baton A 40-year-old foreign citizen was arrested last weekend by PSP police officers in the Algarve town of Vila Real de
Woman arrested in Algarve for bold €235,000 real estate scam
Woman posed as legal professional to lure victims into fake property deals PJ police have arrested a 49-year-old woman on suspicion of orchestrating a sophisticated real estate scam that defrauded
Teen girl rescued after being bound and forced into car trunk
Suspect is said to be the victim’s ex-boyfriend A 14-year-old girl was rescued by GNR police on Tuesday after being abducted in the northern Portuguese town of Paços de Ferreira