Man arrested for trying to kill ex-partner in front of child in Olhão
A 29-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder in Olhão. According to PJ police statement, the man attacked his former partner with a sharp weapon several times in front
GNR leads searches on suspicions of ‘environmental crimes’
Company based in Braga with “several branches throughout country” targeted Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR) has been carrying out searches today on suspicion of environmental offences in the treatment of
SEF apprehends 15 kilos of cocaine hours before service officially disbanded
As of midnight last night, SEF – the Serviços de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras – is no more. The service dealing with foreigners and borders has made way for AIMA, the
Ricardo Salgado and six others charged in new corruption investigation
Portugal’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has charged former BES (Banco Espírito Santo) banker Ricardo Salgado with corruption and money laundering in the case of the Espírito Santo Group’s (GES) links to
Man arrested for selling drugs near Portimão schools
A man was arrested and three others were named official suspects (arguidos) following a PSP police drug bust in Portimão on Thursday. The police force had been conducting an investigation
Terrorist who murdered football fans in Brussels ‘fled Portugal’ eight years ago
Tunisian extremist Abdeslam Lassoued was arrested in Guarda The terrorist who claimed to be a member of Islamic State shot dead in Brussels this week after killing two Swedish football
Man arrested in Faro for trying to board flight to UK with 10 kilos of hashish
A 55-year-old man was arrested at Faro Airport for trying to smuggle 10 kilos of hashish onto a flight to the UK, PJ police announced this morning. According to the
Two bodies found floating close to entrance to Aveiro port
Bodies of man, and woman, detected over course of Sunday Two bodies were discovered floating in the sea, close to the entrance to Aveiro port yesterday. The first to be
Brazilian due in court charged with murder of Coimbra businessman
A 36-year-old Brazilian man is due in court today accused of the murder of 57-year-old businessman Mário Luiz Oliveria whose badly decomposed body was found buried in a cesspit weeks
Body recovered of businessman missing since August; suspect in custody
PJ police promise further information shortly The body of a businessman missing since August 9 was recovered today – leading to the arrest of “the presumed author of the homicide”,