PJ celebrates another hefty seizure of cocaine
The PJ’s National Unit for Combating Drug Trafficking is celebrating yet another hefty seizure of cocaine, after confiscating around three and a half tonnes of it discovered ‘hidden in pallets
Threats of reprisals pepper social media following fatal shooting in Viseu
Car in which suspect fled has been recovered With the presumed author of the shots that killed one and injured two others in Viseu on Friday evening still ‘evading authorities’,
PJ takes part in Interpol op that sees arrest of 58 high-risk criminals
Portugal’s PJ judicial police took part in an Interpol operation, carried out between July and December this year, aimed at capturing many of the most dangerous fugitives in Latin America,
Courier claims to have been robbed by trio, including 10 year old boy and man on crutches
A Lebanese courier travelling through Amadora on his delivery route claims to have been robbed of all the money he was carrying after being held up at gunpoint by a
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