Shots fired at police trying to break up weekend party in Elvas
Shots were fired at police trying to break up a late night party involving around 20 people in the Belhó area of Elvas over the weekend. Say reports, stones and
Ugly scenes at ‘boy racers’ Lisbon funeral see police ‘surrounded’ and ‘incapable of restoring order’
PSP police are today analysing CCTV images after two deeply worrying incidents earlier in the week saw agents surrounded and incapable of restoring order. The issues followed the dramatic deaths
Police shut down illegal speedboat factory in Faro
Police in the Algarve have shut down an illegal speedboat factory in Faro. Authorities believe that the speedboats that were being built in the huge warehouse were exported in trucks
Drug dealer unwittingly asks police officers to hide his drugs after crashing car
A 30-year-old drug dealer can count himself both lucky and unlucky after surviving a violent car crash only to unwittingly ask two off-duty police officers to hide his drugs before
Faro to donate microchip scanners to local police forces
Faro Council will be donating microchip scanners to local police forces – PSP, GNR and Maritime – in a bid to help them carry out “pet inspection duties”. The council’s
Police ‘dig in’ despite government’s ‘pledges’: strikes next Tuesday remain in place
Associations of the PSP and GNR police have ‘dug in’ following pledges made by the government recently (click here). Their message is that the blueprint for the future ‘sounds all
10,000 new police to patrol streets by 2023: minister reveals ‘blueprint for future’
10,000 new police should be patrolling the streets by 2023. This was presented in parliament yesterday as the cherry-on-the-cake of the government’s security blueprint for the future. But it was
Child, mother and mother’s boyfriend found dead in house in Fundão
PJ police are investigating the mysterious deaths of three people – one of them a 10 year-old child – in a house in Fundão (Castelo Branco) sometime overnight between Monday
Mass police protest scheduled for November 21 in Lisbon
A mass police protest has been scheduled for November 21 in Lisbon. The demo – involving PSP and GNR syndicates – will have the slogan “Zero Tolerance” and be demanding
13,000 litres of chemicals used to bypass need for petrol seized in police operation
13,000 litres of chemicals used to bypass the need for petrol have been seized by a police operation in the cities of Braga and Porto. Operation “Escape Limpo” (clean exhaust)