PJ investigates death of Scottish Rangers fan in Lisbon
Thomas McAllister’s death described in UK media as “tragic incident” PJ police are investigating the death of a 25-year-old Rangers fan in Lisbon on Thursday, due to ‘doubts’ that persist
Police seize 1.3 tonnes of cocaine in frozen fish
Operation Squid swoops on warehouse in west of country A criminal network trafficking cocaine hidden in frozen fish has been dismantled by Portugal’s PJ criminal investigation police which has subsequently
PJ police investigate fire which destroyed bus and two cars in Loulé
PJ police are investigating a fire which destroyed a bus and two cars in Loulé on Saturday afternoon. Reports Correio da Manhã tabloid, the fire started inside a bus which
New drug detected in Europe for first time by Portugal’s PJ police
The drug was detected in fake oxycodone tablets A drug that had never been detected in Europe before was seized for the first time by Portugal’s Judiciary Police (PJ). Speaking
PJ lead searches in two Lisbon parish councils
There may be no link with the news yesterday that environment minister Duarte Cordeiro is not standing as a Socialist MP in the elections coming in March, and the news
PJ has ‘two suspects’ for Monte da Caparica shoot-out in which two people died
PJ police are said to have two suspects for the shoot-out between rival gangs in Monte da Caparica last Friday. No arrests have yet been made. Interviewing locals in the
PJ warn of increase in drug flow; request more ‘means of combat’
2023 has already seen “almost same amount of drugs seized as in whole of 2022” Portugal’s criminal investigation police agency, the PJ, has warned today of the increase in drug
PJ police chief describes “truly frightening” increase in child sex abuse complaints
Portugal’s deputy director of the PJ Judicial police, Carlos Farinha, has revealed that his service is faced with roughly 500 new cases of child sex abuse every three months –
Tik Tok ‘school attackers’ identified by PJ
A story that barely cracked the surface this week centred on alarmist measures shared over Tik Tok warning of ‘massacres’ being prepared for Portuguese schools. As a result of the
PJ police on open-ended strike over ‘supplementary work’
PJ police inspectors have today begun a strike on ‘supplementary work’ – the work that takes place outside normal timetables, and which is paid at just €3.1 per hour (a