Aljezur to get new GNR police station by 2019
A new GNR police station is expected to be up and running in Aljezur by 2019. The Ministry of Internal Administration says that the €1.5 million project is already underway
Quarteira’s new GNR police station begins construction
Construction work on Quarteira’s new GNR police station started last Saturday (May 13) at the town’s former fire station as the local force celebrated its 18th birthday. The works should
Three arrested after police dismantle Olhão drug network
Three men were arrested and a large quantity of drugs confiscated when GNR police found a ‘highly sophisticated’ indoor greenhouse used to grow cannabis plants inside a warehouse in the
Quarteira’s new GNR police station to be set up at fire station
A GNR police station is going to be set up at Quarteira’s fire station. A tender for the €950,000 project to “expand” the building was launched last week. Loulé council
Orange snatchers caught red-handed in Tavira
Three men were arrested last week after being caught red-handed stealing 200 kilos of oranges from an orchard in Santo Estevão, Tavira. Police were tipped off by producers who noticed
Police catch trio that snatched woman’s handbag
Two young men were arrested and another was identified by police for stealing the handbag of a 60-year-old woman in Olhão last week, causing her to fall and “hit her
150 kilo-hoard of drugs found “bobbing along river Ave” near Trofa
A sharp-eyed fishermen led to the discovery of a 150-kilo hoard of drugs, bobbing along the Ave river near Trofa. The bags of hashish pollen (a loosely-packed form of the
Four dead in latest leg of Hermes road-safety campaign
As the country clocks off for its annual summer holiday – with hundreds of thousands of cars heading south and many others heading in all other directions – police have
Surprise swoop sees police confiscate over two tons of hashish
Over two tons of hashish was confiscated when police surprised a group that was smuggling drugs from a boat into a van in Cabanas de Tavira in the early hours
Porno star outed as member of the GNR’s “elite”
By day he is a member of the GNR’s elite intervention unit but by night agent Alexandre (so far no last name) is Frank Stone, “one of the most sought-after