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
Third fugitive from September jail break recaptured in Italy
Three down, two to go Portugal’s PJ police have announced the arrest of a third fugitive following September’s mass jail break. Operação RETORNO III O evadido do Estabelecimento Prisional de
Grand theft avocado: Four arrested in Vila Nova de Cacela
GNR police arrested four people – two men (25 and 33) and two women (25 and 32) – who were caught red-handed stealing avocados in Vila Nova de Cacela. Authorities
10,000 litres of gasoline seized in Tavira police operation
Men were spotted suspiciously transferring jerrycans of fuel from a van to a boat A GNR police operation in Santa Luzia, Tavira, led to the seizure of over 10,000 litres
Two Algerians sought after man stabbed in head in Porto
Two men, both Algerian, are being sought by PSP police after they allegedly stabbed a third man in the head, in Praça do Marquês de Pombal, in the Paranhos district
Failed fuel station heist leaves one dead, GNR agent seriously injured
Attempted robbery foiled in Vila Real, just after 5am this morning A failed robbery attempt at a petrol station in Vila Real this morning left one dead and seriously injured
Young man suspected of causing summer’s largest fire placed under house arrest
A 24-year-old arrested earlier this week on suspicion of having caused the largest fire this summer, in Oliveira de Azeméis, is to be placed under house arrest. The ‘factory worker’