Unwitting police foil sheep robbers
In a routine operation stop, police have foiled an extraordinary case of sheep rustling. As many as 11 sheep and five lambs appear to have been stolen after being bundled,
GNR to start fining property owners for leaving land at risk of fire
New moves to save the country from a repeat of last year’s devastating forest fires mean that GNR officers will start fining property owners who leave their land at risk
Police take to streets against government (update)
Portugal’s police forces have begun a massive demonstration in Lisbon today (March 6) at 5.30pm. An estimated 10,000 off-duty officers from the GNR, PSP, SEF, PJ, prison services and other
Army and police threaten “huge” anti-government demos
After months of discontented rumblings, the country’s police and armed forces are on track for large demonstrations in Lisbon next month. It is not clear whether the protests will go
Drunken GNR officers arrested after taking pot-shots
A night out on the town in Lagos last week ended badly for two off-duty GNR officers who got carried away in a car and started taking pot-shots into the
GNR boost Christmas traffic patrols
From December 21 onwards, the GNR will be out in force on the nation’s roads watching for any traffic violations. Talking to Correio da Manhã newspaper today, Captain Marco Cruz
Biting justice
A GNR police officer was bitten on the face and hand, and violently whacked over the back with a rock while trying to arrest a man suspected of stealing from
Re: English courses for GNR officers
Dear Editor, I was disappointed to read in last week’s Algarve Resident the views of César Nogueira, a spokesman from the Associação dos Profissionais da Guarda (APG/GNR) who is reported
Re: 89,000 support jailed GNR ‘child killer’
Dear editor, I’ve been in the Algarve for just a few days so I do not know all the facts. But as I read the article on the jailed GNR
English course for GNR officers is “show-off” move, says officers’ association
News that GNR officers in the Algarve are now able to enrol in free English and German classes and brush up on their foreign-language skills has been slammed by the