Youth stabs man in back in Olhão
A 15-year-old – absconding from a warrant for compulsive internment – is understood to have stabbed a 43-year-old man in the back in the early hours of Saturday morning in
Police chase after driver runs red light ends in accident
Three people have been injured in Porto following a ‘police chase’ that began after the car they were in ran a red light. PSP Porto has confirmed the accident, which
Illegal basement creche obliged children to go to lavatory in buckets
An illegal basement creche in Amadora, outside Lisbon, obliged children to go to the lavatory in buckets as the only usable toilet was in a street-level former hair salon which
Woman’s body discovered with multiple stab-wounds in abandoned suitcase
The body of a woman “aged around 30” has been discovered with multiple stab-wounds in a suitcase left on the pavement in a residential neighbourhood close to Lisbon. Say reports,
Armed police attacked by truncheon-weilding woman
Three armed police agents suffered injuries after being attacked by a truncheon-weilding Russian woman in Coimbra. It’s unclear if the truncheon was police property. Certainly, reports claim the 43-year-old woman
Portimão’s PSP police station revamp bumped up to €1.6 million
It was initially going to cost around €900,000 but the need for even bigger works has bumped up the total cost of Portimão’s PSP police station revamp to €1.6 million.
Body wrapped in blankets and bound by ropes discovered in Lisbon apartment
PSP police have discovered a body wrapped in blankets and bound by ropes in a Lisbon apartment. The owner of the apartment sounded the alert this week, after not seeing
Police arrest man suspected of raping Polish tourist in Albufeira
PJ police have arrested a 44-year-old man suspected of raping an 18-year-old Polish woman in Albufeira last week. The man was tracked down on Saturday, June 29 in the Lisbon
Algarve boosts police numbers to ensure “safe summer” for all
Over 550 additional police officers are being deployed across the Algarve this summer as part of the government’s ‘Algarve Seguro’ programme. The goal is to make the region as safe
Discovery of three bodies in drainage canal ‘solves’ mystery of missing Brazilians
Two families received the worst possible news over the weekend: the young women they have been desperately searching for since February have been discovered dead and decomposing in a drainage