Seven people remanded in custody after major drug bust in Portimão
Seven of the 10 men who were arrested during a major drug bust in Portimão this week (click here) have been remanded in custody by Portimão Court, while another has
UPDATE: Man remanded in custody for murder of woman inside Faro hairdresser
A 43-year-old man will await trial in prison on suspicion of the murder of a 68-year-old woman inside a hairdresser in Faro in November, the Public Prosecutor’s Office announced on
Historic Galician ‘anarchist’ on run from 30-year jail term finally captured in Portugal
PJ counter-terrorism police have announced the capture of one of Spanish Galicia’s ‘legendary anarchists’, Gabriel Pombo da Silva – a 52-year-old who has already spent over 30 years of his
Man arrested for murder of woman inside Faro hairdresser in November
A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 68-year-old woman inside a hairdresser in Faro in November (click here). In a statement to the press,
Fifty vehicles damaged in tyre slashing spree in Faro
Police are searching for the culprits of a tyre slashing spree which caused damage to around 50 cars in Faro in the early hours of last Friday (January 24). Among
PJ investigation: Evidence suggests EuroBic director “committed suicide”
Preliminary reports suggest that the cause of death of Nuno Ribeiro da Cunha, the EuroBic director who was found dead in his Restelo home on Wednesday (click here), was suicide
Man’s skeletal remains found in Monchique scrubland
PJ criminal police are investigating the discovery of a man’s skeletal remains in a scrubland area in Tojeiro, Monchique on Wednesday afternoon (January 8). Reports Correio da Manhã tabloid, there
British woman rescued from kidnapper after leaving SOS note at Faro Burger King
A 35-year-old man has been arrested in the Algarve for the rape and kidnaps of two women – one of them a British woman who was rescued after leaving an
Drug traffickers try it on again with ‘cocaine bananas’
Colombian drug traffickers have lost another major haul ‘smuggled’ into Portugal among pallets of bananas. This time the street value of the drugs seized from a warehouse in Porto by
Body found inside burnt-out motorhome in Ferreira do Alentejo
The body of a man believed to be of Dutch nationality was found inside a Dutch-plated motorhome which had been destroyed by a fire near the Odivelas dam in Ferreira