Lisbon PSP launches animal abuse mailbox
A new email address (defesanimal@psp.pt) has been launched by Lisbon PSP police offering citizens an easy way to report cases of animal abuse and abandonment. The 21POLICIA telephone line (217654242)
Five arrested in connection with brutal beating and stabbing of PSP officer during party in Barreiro
Five men have been arrested in connection with the brutal beating and stabbing of a PSP police officer in Moita, Barreiro, on June 28. A video of the attack was
Second horrific bus crash in two days kills three on Algarve-Lisbon route
Three dead, nine seriously injured and eight others requiring hospital treatment. This was the balance of the second horrific bus crash in two days – again involving a vehicle owned
New alcohol law limits teens from July 1
With effect from next Wednesday (July 1), the new alcohol law outlawing drinking by under-18s kicks in, making it an offence to “supply (…) sell, or with commercial objectives, make
Police win pay-increase after “exhaustive intense” meeting with interior minister
It began at 4pm yesterday afternoon and ended in the early hours of this morning (June 5). Thursday’s meeting between the government (in the form of Interior Minister Anabela Rodrigues)
PSP agent found shot dead in Faro airport
A PSP agent working the nightshift at Faro airport was found shot dead on Tuesday morning. Fernando Sousa, 48, was found with a single bullet wound to his head. According
Police poisoned by heavy metals contaminating shooting galleries
At least 50 PSP shooting instructors have been intoxicated by heavy metals that built up in closed shooting galleries which, for reasons unknown, were not being properly aired. Some of
Police subdue knife attacker
A PSP policeman is reported to have narrowly avoided being stabbed on Monday (March 30) after answering an emergency call to a house in Olhão. Faro PSP’s district command reveals
Heavy sentences for PSP “gold thieves” who raided 16 homes
Two PSP agents from Coimbra have been found guilty of a string of burglaries on homes in Mirandela do Corvo and Vila Nova de Poiares. The duo is understood to
UPDATE: Teenage thieves who “led police to their deaths on high-speed rail track” duck court hearing
Two teenage thieves who led police officers to their deaths on a high-speed rail link between Sacavém and Bobadela last week have ducked a second court appearance and are “not