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”
Man shot dead during Carnival ‘baile’ in Odiáxere
Man and killer were known to each other A man in his 50s was shot dead at close range outside a carnival ‘baile’ (traditional party with dancing) in Odiáxere, Lagos,
PJ “don’t know who skull belongs to found close to river”
Skull, a(nother) human bone plus clothing discovered close to EN109 in Aveiro In yet another story about random body parts discovered in unusual places, Correio da Manhã today has run
Olhão café shooting: man treated in hospital, suspect identified but not detained
Shooting followed “disagreement among clients” Saturday night in Olhão ended with the owner of one of the town’s cafés being shot in the legs following a “disagreement among clients”. Reports
Ports workers arrested for ‘suspicions of corruption’ all released
“Suspect customs officials can stay in their jobs” – judicial source After all the flurry of news earlier this week, it transpires that the ports / customs workers arrested on
Two AT Customs officials among four arrested in police trafficking swoop on ports
Ten suspect vehicles, €500,000 in cash also seized during operation Yesterday’s mega swoop by police on various ports ended with four people arrested – two of them AT Customs officials