PJ arrests 11 suspected of drug running between Lisbon and Madeira/ Azores
PJ police have arrested 11 people following searches in Lisbon and Madeira suspected of being associated with a criminal group that purchased, transported and sold drugs (namely heroin and MDMA)
PJ conduct over 70 searches in new mega operation targeting Madeira
Five people arrested; one in preventive custody PJ police have conducted a second mega operation on the island of Madeira – this time targeting a “gigantic” suspected fraud in social
Suspicious death investigated
PJ police is investigating the death of a 63-year-old man found close to an apartment destroyed by a fire in the early hours of Tuesday, April 23 in Vila Real
PJ investigates suspicious death in Vila Real de Santo António
The owner of the apartment that was wrecked by a fire was discovered dead outside the building, with head injuries. The Judiciary Police (PJ) is investigating the death of a
PJ arrest man in Loulé wanted for stabbing three people in France
A 19-year-old foreign citizen wanted by French authorities for stabbing three people at a train station in France around one year ago was arrested by PJ police in Loulé last
PJ police find 11,000 doses of cocaine in dead body
PJ police, who only recently seized 500,000 doses of cocaine being smuggled into Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado airport, have since found 41,000 more, hidden in the body cavities of drug mules.
PJ police seize 500,000 doses of cocaine, arrest four, at Lisbon airport
PJ police have seized more than 500,000 doses of cocaine, detaining three Portuguese citizens and one foreigner at Humberto Delgado Airport, in Lisbon, on suspicion of drug trafficking. In a
Latest PJ ‘mega swoop’ targets well-known businessman, TVI journalist
Operation Maestro centres on suspicions of €40 million fraud of EU funding Portugal’s PJ judicial police have swooped today on around 80 homes and businesses in a mega-operation targeting suspected
PJ police take part in groundbreaking operation to find and rescue children from sexual exploitation
Renewed Hope II has rescued 8 children from active abuse so far; 19 more identified Portugal’s PJ police were among law enforcement agencies that recently took part in a “significant
Israeli criminal group routed in Operation Ozark
PJ police take part in Europe-wide swoop Fifteen people have been arrested in a Europe-wide operation targeting an Israeli criminal group, which may well have operated in Portugal. PJ police