Attacks on police officers will increase “if courts don’t toughen up”
Concern is growing over the increasing number of violent attacks against GNR police officers in Portugal. This week, four men violently attacked three GNR officers in Vila Nova de Famalicão
GNR save badger from drowning
A badger that was stuck in an irrigation canal in Silves was saved from drowning by GNR police on Friday (January 22). The animal was reported as “returned to the
Viaduct plunge
Two men died on Tuesday when the car they were travelling in careered off a viaduct near Loures and plunged 70 metres onto land below. GNR police are investigating, saying
Algarve GNR stations hold blood drives
GNR police stations in the Algarve will be holding blood drives on January 28 (Portimão and Albufeira) and January 29 (Faro and Tavira) to celebrate the district command’s 7th anniversary.
GNR police arrest nine thieves in Albufeira
This week was a busy one for Albufeira’s GNR police who arrested nine people for thefts in just five days. The latest arrests happened in the early hours of Thursday
Police road safety campaign registers seven deaths over Christmas
2015’s GNR operation “Natal Tranquilo” registered seven deaths in road traffic accidents over Christmas – two less than the number registered last year. The ‘good news’ was also reflected in
Record Algarve drug haul scoops 700 cannabis plants, cocaine, ecstasy and magic mushrooms
Faro GNR are celebrating their best drug bust of 2015 this week after a three-month-long investigation ended with the apprehension of nearly 700 cannabis plants, 11,395 doses of cocaine, 6.4
Disney and GNR join forces against cyberbullying
In an effort to promote the “safe use of the internet” and “fight cyberbullying”, the Walt Disney Company Portugal and GNR police have joined forces to carry out thousands of
GNR police deny brutality claims as Irish football fans say “they are the scum of the earth”
A group of Irish football fans have accused GNR police of being the “the scum of the earth” after an alleged “unprovoked attack” in the Oura bar strip of Albufeira
New law sees government crack down on Portugal’s spiralling domestic violence
After three years in which domestic violence has become “Portugal’s most worrying type of crime” leading to thousands of complaints and claiming as many as 100 lives, the government has